Italian Renaissance sculptor to the Kings and Queens of England (that's his bust of King Henry VII above)
German portraitist who painted some of the seminal figures of the British Renaissance
An English painter in the Flemish mold, depicting wonderful slices of life in early 18C England
Arguably the greatest artist who ever lived, part of the Holy Trinity of Italian Renaissance masters
One of the greatest painters of the early Renaissance was nothing if not a man of his times
In that paragon of travel documentaries, National Lampoon's European Vacation, there is a scene in which Ellen Griswold (Beverly D'Angelo) forgets to lock the door on the shared bathroom in their London hotel. A man comes in to brush his teeth and is pleasantly surprised when Ellen—washcloth over face and believing the man to be her hubby, Clark—calls to him from the bathtub to join her. Shock and hilarity ensue. The accidental intruder was played by none of ther than Robbie Coltrane, 16 years before he embodied Hagrid in the Harry Potter films.