Hans Holbein the Younger
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born circa 1497 and died before November 29, 1543. He was a German artist and printmaker who worked in a Northern Renaissance style. He is best known for his numerous portraits and his woodcut series of the Dance of Death, and is widely considered one of the finest portraitists of the Early Modern Period.
Holbein was born in Augsburg, Bavaria and learned painting from his father Hans Holbein the Elder.
In 1517 Holbein went to Lucerne, Switzerland, where he and his father painted murals for the mansion of the city's mayor; he was also charged with taking part in a knife fight. In 1519 he returned to Basel where he ran a busy workshop following the premature death of Ambrosius. He designed murals and altar pieces, illustrated books, and contributed to Martin Luther?s translation of the Bible. Like his father, he designed stained glass windows and painted portraits. He married Elsbeth Binzenstock, the widow of a tanner, shortly before he was accepted into the local artists' guild.
The Reformation made it difficult for Holbein to support himself as an artist in Basel, Switzerland, and he traveled to London in 1526. Erasmus furnished him with a letter of introduction addressed to the English statesman and author Sir Thomas More. Holbein painted many portraits at the court of Henry VIII. While there he designed state robes for the king. He also designed many of the extravagant monuments and decorations for the coronation of Henry's second wife, Anne Boleyn, in the summer of 1533.
Holbein always made highly detailed pencil drawings of his portrait subjects, often supplemented with ink and colored chalk. The drawings emphasize facial detail and usually did not include the hands; clothing was only indicated schematically. The outlines of these drawings were then transferred onto the support for the final painting using tiny holes in the paper through which powdered charcoal was transmitted; in later years Holbein used a kind of carbon paper. The final paintings thus had the same scale as the original drawings. Although the drawings were made as studies for paintings, they stand on their own as independent, finely wrought works of art.
While Holbein was working on another portrait of Henry, he died in London, apparently a victim of the plague. He made his will on October 7, 1543, and a document attached to it, dated November 29th, describes him as recently dead.
The Ambassedors is oil on wood, painted in 1533. On loan from The National Gallery, London.
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Portrait of Sir Thomas More by Hans Holbein the Younger, 1527, oil on wood, 74.2 x 59 cm, on loan from The Frick Collection, New York.
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"The Abbot being taken by Death", woodcut by Holbein from the cycle The Dance of Death, 1524-26.
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King Henry VIII by Holbein.
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Sketch of Lady Elyot by Holbein in chalk, pen and brush on paper, 1532-33, on loan to RhyDin from The Royal Collection, Windsor
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born circa 1497 and died before November 29, 1543. He was a German artist and printmaker who worked in a Northern Renaissance style. He is best known for his numerous portraits and his woodcut series of the Dance of Death, and is widely considered one of the finest portraitists of the Early Modern Period.
Holbein was born in Augsburg, Bavaria and learned painting from his father Hans Holbein the Elder.
In 1517 Holbein went to Lucerne, Switzerland, where he and his father painted murals for the mansion of the city's mayor; he was also charged with taking part in a knife fight. In 1519 he returned to Basel where he ran a busy workshop following the premature death of Ambrosius. He designed murals and altar pieces, illustrated books, and contributed to Martin Luther?s translation of the Bible. Like his father, he designed stained glass windows and painted portraits. He married Elsbeth Binzenstock, the widow of a tanner, shortly before he was accepted into the local artists' guild.
The Reformation made it difficult for Holbein to support himself as an artist in Basel, Switzerland, and he traveled to London in 1526. Erasmus furnished him with a letter of introduction addressed to the English statesman and author Sir Thomas More. Holbein painted many portraits at the court of Henry VIII. While there he designed state robes for the king. He also designed many of the extravagant monuments and decorations for the coronation of Henry's second wife, Anne Boleyn, in the summer of 1533.
Holbein always made highly detailed pencil drawings of his portrait subjects, often supplemented with ink and colored chalk. The drawings emphasize facial detail and usually did not include the hands; clothing was only indicated schematically. The outlines of these drawings were then transferred onto the support for the final painting using tiny holes in the paper through which powdered charcoal was transmitted; in later years Holbein used a kind of carbon paper. The final paintings thus had the same scale as the original drawings. Although the drawings were made as studies for paintings, they stand on their own as independent, finely wrought works of art.
While Holbein was working on another portrait of Henry, he died in London, apparently a victim of the plague. He made his will on October 7, 1543, and a document attached to it, dated November 29th, describes him as recently dead.
The Ambassedors is oil on wood, painted in 1533. On loan from The National Gallery, London.
http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj171/Azjahh/Art%20Museum/Holbein-ambassadors.jpg
Portrait of Sir Thomas More by Hans Holbein the Younger, 1527, oil on wood, 74.2 x 59 cm, on loan from The Frick Collection, New York.
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"The Abbot being taken by Death", woodcut by Holbein from the cycle The Dance of Death, 1524-26.
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King Henry VIII by Holbein.
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Sketch of Lady Elyot by Holbein in chalk, pen and brush on paper, 1532-33, on loan to RhyDin from The Royal Collection, Windsor
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