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HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger
German painter (b. 1497, Augsburg, d. 1543, London). Hans Holbein the Younger, born in Augsburg, was the son of a painter, Hans Holbein the Elder, and received his first artistic training from his father. Hans the Younger may have had early contacts with the Augsburg painter Hans Burgkmair the Elder. In 1515 Hans the Younger and his older brother, Ambrosius, went to Basel, where they were apprenticed to the Swiss painter Hans Herbster. Hans the Younger worked in Lucerne in 1517 and visited northern Italy in 1518-1519. On Sept. 25, 1519, Holbein was enrolled in the painters' guild of Basel, and the following year he set up his own workshop, became a citizen of Basel, and married the widow Elsbeth Schmid, who bore him four children. He painted altarpieces, portraits, and murals and made designs for woodcuts, stained glass, and jewelry. Among his patrons was Erasmus of Rotterdam, who had settled in Basel in 1521. In 1524 Holbein visited France. Holbein gave up his workshop in Basel in 1526 and went to England, armed with a letter of introduction from Erasmus to Sir Thomas More, who received him warmly. Holbein quickly achieved fame and financial success. In 1528 he returned to Basel, where he bought property and received commissions from the city council, Basel publishers, Erasmus, and others. However, with iconoclastic riots instigated by fanatic Protestants, Basel hardly offered the professional security that Holbein desired. In 1532 Holbein returned to England and settled permanently in London, although he left his family in Basel, retained his Basel citizenship, and visited Basel in 1538. He was patronized especially by country gentlemen from Norfolk, German merchants from the Steel Yard in London, and King Henry VIII and his court. Holbein died in London between Oct. 7 and Nov. 29, 1543. With few exceptions, Holbein's work falls naturally into the four periods corresponding to his alternate residences in Basel and London. His earliest extant work is a tabletop with trompe l'oeil motifs (1515) painted for the Swiss standard-bearer Hans Baer. Other notable works of the first Basel period are a diptych of Burgomaster Jakob Meyer zum Hasen and his wife, Dorothea Kannengiesser (1516); a portrait of Bonifacius Amerbach (1519); an unsparingly realistic Dead Christ (1521); a Madonna and Child Enthroned with Two Saints (1522); several portraits of Erasmus, of which the one in Paris (1523 or shortly after), with its accurate observation of the scholar's concentrated attitude and frail person and its beautifully balanced composition, is particularly outstanding; and woodcuts, among which the series of the Dance of Death (ca. 1521-1525, though not published until 1538) represents one of the high points of the artist's graphic oeuvre. Probably about 1520 Holbein painted an altarpiece, the Last Supper, now somewhat cut down, which is based on Leonardo da Vinci's famous painting, and four panels with eight scenes of the Passion of Christ (possibly the shutters of the Last Supper altarpiece), which contain further reminiscences of Italian painting, particularly Andrea Mantegna, the Lombard school, and Raphael, but with lighting effects that are characteristically northern. His two portraits of Magdalena Offenburg, as Laïs of Corinth and Venus with Cupid (1526),

 

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HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger Portrait of Jakob Meyer zum Hasen oil painting

Painting ID::  7516

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HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger
Portrait of Jakob Meyer zum Hasen
1516 Limewood, 38,5 x 30,8 cm Kunstmuseum, Öffentliche Kunstsammlung, Basle
   
   
     

 

 

HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger Portrait of Dorothea Meyer, nee Kannengiesser sf oil painting

Painting ID::  7517

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HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger
Portrait of Dorothea Meyer, nee Kannengiesser sf
1516 Limewood, 38,5 x 30,8 cm Kunstmuseum, Öffentliche Kunstsammlung, Basle
   
   
     

 

 

HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger Adam and Eve f oil painting

Painting ID::  7518

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HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger
Adam and Eve f
1517 Paper, mounted on pine, 302 x 357 mm Kunstmuseum, Öffentliche Kunstsammlung, Basle
   
   
     

 

 

HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger Portrait of the Artist's Wife oil painting

Painting ID::  7519

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HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger
Portrait of the Artist's Wife
c. 1517 Tempera on wood, 45 x 34 cm Mauritshuis, The Hague
   
   
     

 

 

HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger Portrait of Benedikt von Hertenstein af oil painting

Painting ID::  7520

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HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger
Portrait of Benedikt von Hertenstein af
1517 Paper, mounted on wood, 52,4 x 38,1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
   
   
     

 

 

HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger Portrait of Bonifacius Amerbach a oil painting

Painting ID::  7521

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HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger
Portrait of Bonifacius Amerbach a
1519 Oil on pinewood, 28,5 x 27,4 cm Kunstmuseum, Öffentliche Kunstsammlung, Basle
   
   
     

 

 

HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger The Solothurn Madonna f oil painting

Painting ID::  7522

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HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger
The Solothurn Madonna f
1522 Limewood, 140,5 x 102 cm Museum der Stadt Solothurn, Solothurn
   
   
     

 

 

HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger The Solothurn Madonna (detail) oil painting

Painting ID::  7523

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HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger
The Solothurn Madonna (detail)
1522 Limewood Museum der Stadt Solothurn, Solothurn
   
   
     

 

 

HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger St Ursula sg oil painting

Painting ID::  7524

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HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger
St Ursula sg
c. 1523 Tempera on wood, 96,4 x 41,9 cm Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe
   
   
     

 

 

HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger Erasmus f oil painting

Painting ID::  7526

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HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger
Erasmus f
1523 Oil on wood, 43 x 33 cm Mus??e du Louvre, Paris
   
   
     

 

 

HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger Portrait of Erasmus of Rotterdam sg oil painting

Painting ID::  7527

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HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger
Portrait of Erasmus of Rotterdam sg
1523 Wood, 76 x 51 cm National Gallery, London
   
   
     

 

 

HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger Noli me Tangere f oil painting

Painting ID::  7528

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HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger
Noli me Tangere f
1524 Oil on wood, 76,8 x 94,9 cm Royal Collection, Hampton Court
   
   
     

 

 

HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger Noli me Tangere (detail th oil painting

Painting ID::  7529

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HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger
Noli me Tangere (detail th
c. 1524 Oil on oak panel Royal Collection, Hampton Court
   
   
     

 

 

HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger The Last Supper g oil painting

Painting ID::  7530

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HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger
The Last Supper g
1524-25 Limewood, 115,5 x 97,3 cm Kunstmuseum, Öffentliche Kunstsammlung, Basle
   
   
     

 

 

HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger Venus and Amor sf oil painting

Painting ID::  7531

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HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger
Venus and Amor sf
1524-25 Limewood, 34,6 x 26,2 cm Kunstmuseum, Öffentliche Kunstsammlung, Basle
   
   
     

 

 

HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger The Oberried Altarpiece (left wing) sg oil painting

Painting ID::  7532

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HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger
The Oberried Altarpiece (left wing) sg
1521-22 Tempera on wood, 231 x 109 cm Cathedral, Freiburg
   
   
     

 

 

HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger The Oberried Altarpiece (detail) sg oil painting

Painting ID::  7533

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HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger
The Oberried Altarpiece (detail) sg
1521-22 Tempera on wood Cathedral, Freiburg
   
   
     

 

 

HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger The Oberried Altarpiece (right wing) sf oil painting

Painting ID::  7534

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HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger
The Oberried Altarpiece (right wing) sf
1521-22 Tempera on wood, 230 x 110 cm Cathedral, Freiburg
   
   
     

 

 

HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger The Oberried Altarpiece (detail) sf oil painting

Painting ID::  7535

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HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger
The Oberried Altarpiece (detail) sf
1521-22 Tempera on wood Cathedral, Freiburg
   
   
     

 

 

HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger The Passion s oil painting

Painting ID::  7536

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HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger
The Passion s
1524-25 Oil on limewood, 136 x 31 cm (outer panels), 149,5 x 31 cm (inner panels) Kunstmuseum, Öffentliche Kunstsammlung, Basle
   
   
     

 

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HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger
German painter (b. 1497, Augsburg, d. 1543, London). Hans Holbein the Younger, born in Augsburg, was the son of a painter, Hans Holbein the Elder, and received his first artistic training from his father. Hans the Younger may have had early contacts with the Augsburg painter Hans Burgkmair the Elder. In 1515 Hans the Younger and his older brother, Ambrosius, went to Basel, where they were apprenticed to the Swiss painter Hans Herbster. Hans the Younger worked in Lucerne in 1517 and visited northern Italy in 1518-1519. On Sept. 25, 1519, Holbein was enrolled in the painters' guild of Basel, and the following year he set up his own workshop, became a citizen of Basel, and married the widow Elsbeth Schmid, who bore him four children. He painted altarpieces, portraits, and murals and made designs for woodcuts, stained glass, and jewelry. Among his patrons was Erasmus of Rotterdam, who had settled in Basel in 1521. In 1524 Holbein visited France. Holbein gave up his workshop in Basel in 1526 and went to England, armed with a letter of introduction from Erasmus to Sir Thomas More, who received him warmly. Holbein quickly achieved fame and financial success. In 1528 he returned to Basel, where he bought property and received commissions from the city council, Basel publishers, Erasmus, and others. However, with iconoclastic riots instigated by fanatic Protestants, Basel hardly offered the professional security that Holbein desired. In 1532 Holbein returned to England and settled permanently in London, although he left his family in Basel, retained his Basel citizenship, and visited Basel in 1538. He was patronized especially by country gentlemen from Norfolk, German merchants from the Steel Yard in London, and King Henry VIII and his court. Holbein died in London between Oct. 7 and Nov. 29, 1543. With few exceptions, Holbein's work falls naturally into the four periods corresponding to his alternate residences in Basel and London. His earliest extant work is a tabletop with trompe l'oeil motifs (1515) painted for the Swiss standard-bearer Hans Baer. Other notable works of the first Basel period are a diptych of Burgomaster Jakob Meyer zum Hasen and his wife, Dorothea Kannengiesser (1516); a portrait of Bonifacius Amerbach (1519); an unsparingly realistic Dead Christ (1521); a Madonna and Child Enthroned with Two Saints (1522); several portraits of Erasmus, of which the one in Paris (1523 or shortly after), with its accurate observation of the scholar's concentrated attitude and frail person and its beautifully balanced composition, is particularly outstanding; and woodcuts, among which the series of the Dance of Death (ca. 1521-1525, though not published until 1538) represents one of the high points of the artist's graphic oeuvre. Probably about 1520 Holbein painted an altarpiece, the Last Supper, now somewhat cut down, which is based on Leonardo da Vinci's famous painting, and four panels with eight scenes of the Passion of Christ (possibly the shutters of the Last Supper altarpiece), which contain further reminiscences of Italian painting, particularly Andrea Mantegna, the Lombard school, and Raphael, but with lighting effects that are characteristically northern. His two portraits of Magdalena Offenburg, as Laïs of Corinth and Venus with Cupid (1526),