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    WHAT GREAT PAINTINGS SAY

    Jan 20, 2022 2 minutes
    WORDS: CHARLOTTE HODGMAN

    The Ambassadors

     by Hans Holbein the Younger, 1533

    is 1533 and England is in turmoil: Pope Clement has refused to annul Henry VIII’s marriage to Catherine of Aragon and the English king is furious. Ignoring papal threats of excommunication, Henry marries the already pregnant Anne Boleyn and breaks with the Catholic Church

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