Hans Holbein The Younger Timeline Game

Round 1/10

Put the following events in chronological order.

Temporal Tangle

Put the events in order from earliest to latest.

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