What: Holbein: Capturing Character
Morgan Museum and Library
225 Madison Ave.
New York, NY
Who: Teens and Up
When: Through May 15, 2022
If you are a fan of the musical, Six, you are probably familiar with Hans Holbein. He was a famous portrait artist who lived around the time that Henry VIII was King of England. He is probably most well-known for painting a portrait of Anna of Cleeves. It was allegedly seeing this portrait that convinced Henry to marry her. As we all know that didn't work out too well. If you wanted to know more about that go see Six or look it up.
Currently, there is an exhibit of Holbein's work at the Morgan Museum and Library in New York City. Although the famous Anna of Cleeves portrait is unfortunately not part of the exhibit, there is a drawing of Thomas Parr, brother of Henry's final wive, Catherine Parr included. There are also portraits of other well-known people of the time including Eramus of Rotterdam although not anybody mentioned in the musical, Six or anyone that the average person is likely to be familiar with. There are also some portraits of people who were not as famous even during the time the portraits were first created.
The exhibit is still worth seeing, however, for the beautiful way, Holbein captures his subjects. His paintings are full of life and color and seem to be leaping right off the page. The exhibit also includes the works of some of Holbein's contemporaries as well as jewelry, book bindings, and more. Holbein himself also created some jewelry and other objects in addition to paintings, some of which is on display along with that of other artists.
And that's our view.
For more information, to explore the exhibition online, and/or to purchase a ticket and schedule a time to visit the Morgan Museum, go to www.themorgan.org/exhibitions/holbein
Tune in tomorrow for Theater Thursday.
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