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Hans Holbein the Younger (c. 1497-1543 CE) was a German Renaissance painter who is most famous for his portraits. A versatile artist and superb draughtsman, Holbein was accomplished in different mediums from woodcut engravings to murals...

Woodcut print of Ulrich von Hutten (l. 1488-1523) from c. 1522 depicting the poet-knight who encouraged the Knights' Revolt of 1522-1523.

Statue of Ulrich von Hutten (l. 1488-1523) and Franz von Sickingen (l. 1481-1523), leaders of the Knights' Revolt of 1522-1523 in the Germanic territories of the Holy Roman Empire.

Ulrich von Zatzikhoven, Lanzelet Codex Palatinus Germanicus 371, 1420 CE

Lancelot, also known as Sir Lancelot and Lancelot du Lac (“Lancelot of the Lake”) is the greatest knight of King Arthur's court and lover of Arthur's wife, Queen Guinevere, best known from Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte D'Arthur (1469 CE...

The Knight’s Revolt (1522-1523) was a military action led by the German imperial knight Franz von Sickingen (l. 1481-1523) and encouraged by the knight and writer Ulrich von Hutten (l. 1488-1523) launched to restore the status of the imperial...

Grossmünster (“large cathedral” in German) is a Romanesque ex-cathedral situated in the heart of Zürich, Switzerland, which was built over the course of the 11th and 13th centuries CE. According to legend, the Holy Roman...

A sketch by Hans Holbein the Younger thought by some scholars (but not all) to be of Anne Boleyn (c. 1501-1536 CE), the second wife of Henry VIII of England (r. 1509-1547 CE). (Royal Collection)

A c. 1539 CE painting by Hans Holbein the Younger of Anne of Cleves, fourth wife of Henry VIII of England (r. 1509-1547 CE). (Louvre Museum, Paris)

A 16th century CE painting by Hans Holbein the Younger of Thomas Cromwell (l. c. 1485-1540 CE) who served as Chancellor to Henry VIII of England (r. 1509-1547 CE). (The Frick Collection, New York)