Portraits of King Henry VIII: Hans Holbein and His Legacy.

Sketch of Henry VIII, c. 1540? Workshop of Hans Holbein? Staatliche Graphische Sammlung.

Copy of the Whitehall Mural, 1667. Remigius van Leemput, after Holbein. © The Royal Collection. Hampton Court Palace.

Holbein's Whitehall Mural (see page 2) and the Holbein portrait of King Henry VIII, which now resides at the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum of Art in Madrid (below), set the standard for the Henry VIII portraits painted after. Here are the busts painted after Holbein. For the full-length portraits, see: Whitehall Mural and After.

King Henry VIII, 1536. Hans Holbein, the Younger. ©Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza.	King Henry VIII, c.1536. Unknown, after Hans Holbein. ©National Portrait Gallery.	King Henry VIII, 1542. Unknown, after Hans Holbein. Castle Howard (Yorkshire).	King Henry VIII, early 17th c? Unknown, after Hans Holbein. ©National Portrait Gallery.
King Henry VIII, 1535-40. Circle of Hans Holbein. ©Galleria Nazionale, Rome.	King Henry VIII, 16th c. Unknown, after Hans Holbein. ©Royal Collection	King Henry VIII, c.1540. Circle of Hans Holbein. ©National Maritime Museum.	King Henry VIII, 16th c. After Hans Holbein. Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh. ©Royal Collection.
King Henry VIII, 1560-80. Unknown, after Hans Holbein. ©Royal Collection	King Henry VIII, 16th c. Unknown artist. Private Collection.	King Henry VIII, 16th c. Unknown artist. Private Collection.	King Henry VIII, late 16th c. Unknown, after Hans Holbein. ©National Portrait Gallery.
King Henry VIII, 16th c. Unknown, after Hans Holbein. ©Royal Collection.	King Henry VIII, c1540. Unknown, after Hans Holbein. ©Philip Mould, Ltd.	King Henry VIII, 16th c. Unknown, after Hans Holbein. ©Philip Mould, Ltd.	King Henry VIII, 16th c. Unknown, after Hans Holbein. Wentworth Woodhouse.
King Henry VIII, 16th c? Unknown, after Hans Holbein. © Christie's Images.	King Henry VIII, c.1570-1599. Unknown, after Hans Holbein. ©Royal Collection.	King Henry VIII, 16th c? Unknown, after Hans Holbein. © Philip Mould, Ltd.	King Henry VIII, 16th c. Unknown, after Holbein. ©Christie's Images.
King Henry VIII, 16th c. Unknown, after Hans Holbein. ©Ackermann and Johnson Ltd.	King Henry VIII, 16th c. Unknown, after Holbein. ©Philip Mould, Ltd.	King Henry VIII, 17th c? Unknown artist. New College, Oxford.	King Henry VIII, early 17th c? Unknown, after Hans Holbein. ©Royal College of Physicians.
King Henry VIII, early 17th c? Unknown, after Hans Holbein. Lawrence Steigrad Fine Arts.	King Henry VIII, early 17th c? Unknown, after Hans Holbein. ©Gavin Graham Gallery.	King Henry VIII, 19th c. Unknown, after Hans Holbein. The Morgan Library.

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