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1497/8
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Hans Holbein the Younger is
born in Augsburg, southern
Germany, the son of the painter
Hans Holbein the Elder and
brother of Ambrosius
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1515
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Hans and Ambrosius arrive in
Basel, Switzerland
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1516
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Princess Mary (Mary I) born.
Desiderius Erasmus publishes Greek New Testament with a revised Latin Translation.
Sir Thomas More’s Utopia published
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1517
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Works in Lucerne, Switzerland,
with his father
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1520
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Martin Luther is excommunicated
Henry VIII publishes The Assertion of the Seven Sacraments condemning Martin Luther and defending the sacramental nature of marriage. Henry is consequently named Defender of the Faith by Pope Leo X.
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1523
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Paints three portraits of the
humanist scholar, Desiderius
Erasmus
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1524
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Visits France, possibly seeking
the patronage of King Francis I
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1525
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William Tyndale translates the New Testament into English
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1526
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Arrives in England on the
recommendation of Erasmus
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1527
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Paints a battle painting and
cosmic ceiling design for
a court entertainment at
Greenwich Palace
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Henry VIII decides to apply to the Pope to have his marriage to Catherine of Aragon annulled.
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1528
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Returns to Basel
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1529
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The Reformation reaches Basel
and religious paintings are
destroyed
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1532
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Returns to England
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1533
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Designs the Pageant of
Parnassus for the Hanseatic
merchants’ contribution to Anne
Boleyn’s coronation festivities;
paints the French ambassador
Jean de Dinteville with his friend
the bishop George de Selves
(National Gallery, London)
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Henry VIII marries Anne Boleyn.
Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, annuls Henry’s marriage to Catherine of Aragon.
Princess Elizabeth (Elizabeth I) born
Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/8–1543)
Portrait of a Lady, thought to be Anne Boleyn (about 1532–5)
Lent by The British Museum, London
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1534
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Receives payment for painting
a gilded image of Adam and Eve
made by the royal goldsmith,
Cornelis Hayes
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The Act of Supremacy passed, making Henry, as King of England, Supreme Head of the Church in England
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1535
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The Coverdale Bible published in
English, with Holbein’s titlepage
Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/8–1543)
Title-page Design for a New Testament (about 1535)
Lent by the Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich
Woodcut on paper
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1536
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Nicolas Boubon’s Paidagogeion
published, in which he greets
Holbein as ‘King’s Painter’
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Dissolution of the Monasteries begins.
Death of Catherine of Aragon, Execution of Anne Boleyn.
Henry marries Jane Seymour.
Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/8–1543)
Queen Jane Seymour (1536–7?)
Lent by the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Gemäldegalerie
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1537
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Paints the dynastic wall painting
for the Privy Chamber of
Whitehall Palace
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Death of Jane Seymour shortly after birth of Prince Edward (Edward VII).
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1538
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First surviving payments of
salary of £30 a year as painter
to Henry VIII; also receives
licence to export beer. Portrays
prospective royal brides
including Christina of Denmark,
Duchess of Milan, Louise of
Guise and Anne of Lorraine;
returns to Basel in September
Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/8–1543)
Christina of Denmark, Duchess of Milan (1538)
Lent by The National Gallery, London. Presented by The Art Fund
with the aid of an anonymous donation, 1909
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Excommunication of Henry VIII finalised.
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1539
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On New Year’s day presents
Henry VIII with a portrait of his
son Edward Prince of Wales;
portrays Anne of Cleves and her
sister Amelia
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1541
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Becomes an English denizen
to escape enforcement of laws
against foreigners; recorded
living in the parish of St Andrew
Undershaft, City of London
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Henry marries Anne of Cleves. The marriage is annulled and he marries Catherine Howard
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1542
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Execution of Catherine Howard
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1543
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Makes his will on 7 October and
is dead by 29 November
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Henry marries Catherine Parr
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