Art critic and historian Frances Spalding chooses an unusual work by Hans Holbein the Younger.
Frances Spalding on Noli me Tangere by Hans Holbein the Younger
‘This painting was shown in the Royal Academy’s exhibition devoted to Charles I’s collection. I was astonished by how dramatic it is. After all, Hans Holbein the Younger is much better known for the calm intensity and objective observation that he brought to his portrait drawings of the Tudor…