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Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/8-1543), one of the most versatile and admired painters of the Northern Renaissance, trained under his father in Augsburg and then worked for leading patrons in Switzerland before settling in England as Court Painter to Henry VIII. To commemorate the five-hundredth anniversary of the artist's birth, Oskar Btschmann and Pascal Griener offer this richly illustrated book--the first comprehensive monograph on the artist to appear in more than forty years--which is a major advance in our understanding of Holbein's contribution to European art. The authors reexamine every aspect of a remarkable career, and further illuminate the artistic and cultural influences that affected the artist. Holbein was a hugely ambitious artist, and even during his formative years in Lucerne and Basel, made designs for jewelry, stained glass, and woodcuts, and painted major altarpieces and portraits. He also carried out several monumental decorative schemes for private houses and civic buildings. In his commissions, Holbein sought to rival the greatest masters of Germany and Italy, most notably Drer and Mantegna, and by the time of his visit to France in 1524 he was determined

Author

Oskar Bätschmann and Pascal Griener; [translation by Cecilia Hurley and Pascal Griener]

Publisher

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press

Published

1997

Language

EN

ISBN

9780691017433

Subjects

Art, Arts

Rating

4.5 / 5 (6 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14