Exhibition Hans Holbein, Tate Britain
28 September 2006 - 7 January 2007
Hans Holbein is one of the greatest artists of all time. He moved to England from Basel in 1526-1528 and then again in 1532-1543, an extremely turbulent time in English history when all around were losing their heads. His arrival brought the Renaissance in painting from continental Europe to Britain.
This major exhibition includes remarkable loans from around the world, concentrates on the work Holbein produced in England under the patronage of the Tudor court and for King Henry VIII.
Part of the exhibition looks at the reign of Henry VIII and reunites for the first time in centuries the outstanding portraits of Henry VIII from the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum (Madrid) with the portrait of his third wife Jane Seymour, from the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, and their son Edward, Prince of Wales, from the National Gallery of Art, Washington.
Many other loans come from the Windsor Castle and the Royal Collection and European collections.
September 26, 2006
