̽»¨Ö±²¥Reformation is famously traced to an event that took place in Germany 500 years ago and reverberated across Europe. An paints a vivid portrait of a society undergoing profound change – and this weekend commemorate an episode of corpse burning in Cambridge.
He is best remembered for the magnificent portraits he produced as the court painter of Henry VIII; but a new study of Hans Holbein’s famous ‘Dance Of Death’ suggests that he also had strong anti-establishment views, creating works which foreshadowed modern satire.
A rare medieval painting depicting Judas’ betrayal of Christ may have survived destruction at the hands of 16th century iconoclasts after being ‘recycled’ to list the Ten Commandments instead.Â