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Hans Holbein the Younger Timeline Game

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Explore the life and works of the renowned artist Hans Holbein the Younger with this engaging timeline game!

  • Learn about Holbein’s early years and artistic influences
  • Discover his famous portraits of Henry VIII and other notable figures
  • Test your knowledge by placing key events in Holbein’s life in their correct chronological order
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  • 1497: Hans Holbein the Younger is born in Augsburg, Germany
  • c. 1500: Holbein begins his artistic training in his father's workshop
  • c. 1515: Holbein moves to Basel, Switzerland to work as an illustrator
  • c. 1526: Holbein travels to England and becomes a court painter to King Henry VIII
  • c. 1530: Holbein paints portraits of members of the English royal family, including Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn
  • 1533: Holbein's famous painting 'The Ambassadors' is completed
  • c. 1532-1536: Holbein returns to Basel briefly before moving back to England
  • c. 1535: Holbein paints portraits of Thomas More and Thomas Cromwell
  • 1533: Holbein paints 'The French Ambassadors'
  • 1532: Holbein paints 'The Merchant Georg Gisze'
  • c. 1528-1530: Holbein paints 'The Madonna of Burgomaster Meyer'
  • 1536: Holbein is appointed King's Painter to Henry VIII
  • c. 1538: Holbein's wife and two of his children die from the plague
  • 1521: Holbein paints 'The Body of the Dead Christ in the Tomb'
  • c. 1536-1540: Holbein's portrait of Henry VIII is completed
  • c. 1538: Holbein travels to Brussels to work on a portrait of Christina of Denmark
  • c. 1540: Holbein paints portraits of the Duke of Norfolk and Sir Richard Southwell
  • 1543: Holbein dies in London
  • c. 1540-1562: Holbein's son, also named Hans Holbein, becomes a successful painter in his own right

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