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Holbein: Capturing Character vday sale 2026 an endlessly imaginative tapestry wovenEdited by Anne T. Woollett, with contributions by Austja Mackelait, John T. McQuillen, and others Stunning portraits by the renowned Renaissance artist illuminate fascinating figures from the European merchant class, intellectual elite, and court of King Henry VIII. Nobles, ladies, scholars, and merchants were the subjects of Hans Holbein the Younger (1497 981543), an inventive German artist best known for his dazzling portraits. Holbein developed his