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Portrait of Sir Richard Southwell Hans Holbein the Younger, 1536
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Portrait of Sir Richard Southwell

Hans Holbein the Younger Β· 1536

Why it's great

A man with a fur coat looks at you with a stern, tired face. Hans Holbein the Younger painted Sir Richard Southwell in 1536, and he was an English official at the court of Henry VIII.

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πŸ“ Uffizi GalleryFlorence, Italy

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About the artist

Hans Holbein the Younger

1497–1543 Β· born in Augsburg Β· died in London

Hans Holbein the Younger was a German painter born in Augsburg in about 1497. He worked in Basel and then in London, where he became court painter to King Henry VIII and painted portraits that made the Tudors famous. He died in London in 1543, probably of the plague.

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