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The exhibition will include the largest number of works by Hans Holbein the Younger to be shown together in the UK for more than 15 years.Holbein painted defining portraits of Henry, his six wives and other figures such as Sir Thomas More.Image source,The German painter spent two periods of his life in England, observing and bringing the faces of the Tudor court to life.
Holbein At The Tudor Court will highlight his time at court in the first half of the 16th Century. Works will include drawings, paintings, miniatures and book illustrations by the artist.Among them is a drawing of Mary Shelton, later Lady Heveningham, a cousin of Anne Boleyn and her lady-in-waiting. She was friends with poets such as Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, and may have been one of the king's mistresses.