I love his beard in Elizabeth. So much that I'm willing to forgive the pantaloons. And the ridiculous hat. And the rest of the clothes. Fashion was kind to Tudor women, but no so much to the men.

He was Henry VIII's court painter; technically Hans Holbein the younger. His most famous non-Tudor painting was The Ambassadors (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d1/Hans_Holbein-_The_Ambassadors.JPG), which I have seen and even bought a print of because I love it. Random freaky skull FTW!