1497–1543

Hans Holbein the Younger

Hans Holbein the Younger was born in Augsburg and worked in Basel, where he painted Erasmus and designed woodcuts. He moved to England, first in 1526 with a recommendation from Erasmus to Thomas More, then for good in 1532. He became King's Painter to Henry VIII, producing precise portraits of the king, his court and his prospective wives. The Ambassadors (1533) is among his best-known works. He died in London in 1543.