Art History Attacks!

It is interesting that although Henry VIII had tried so much to have a son and heir, it was a daughter that was meant to continue his dyn...

Philip II and Mary I, 16th c probably 1558, oil on panel, Woburn Abbey A dual portrait of Mary and her husband was probably completed shortl...

The reign of Henry VIII’s first two heirs was short. Edward VI was 9 years old when he inherited the throne of his father and 15 when he d...

Anne of Cleves , Hans Holbein, 1539, oil on canvas, Louvre, Paris   There is a great number of portraits from Henry VIII's period. So...

Henry Fitzroy , Lucas Hornebolte, c 1534, watercolour and bodycolour on vellum, The Royal Collection The Tudors had a great problem with sur...

Anne Boleyn, unknown artist, 16th century (probably c 1533-1536), oil on panel, National Portrait Gallery, London It's always difficult ...

'The Whitehall Mural' , copy after a Hans Holbein original from 1537   The original mural occupied a wall in Whitehall palace and wa...

One of the most famous English monarchs of all times is definitely Henry VIII, the man who introduced Anglicanism by breaking with Rome a...