Genuine Portraits
Anne and her younger sister, Amalia, were commissioned paintings as a result of Henry’s desire to have them as potential fourth brides. But it appears that the monarch had a special request for Hans Holbein the Younger, the artist. Yes, it is said that Henry wanted the Germans to be represented in a falsely positive light and that he did not want them to be painted as lifelike as Holbein could make them.
Genuine Portraits
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