Artist: Hans Holbein The Younger (1497 - 1543)
Nationality: German
Movement: German School
Media: Painting
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Biography:
Son of Hans Holbein the Elder, he studied with his father and then apprenticed to Hans Herbst. He moved to Basle in 1519 and got married and did mostly religious works. He moved to England in 1526 and began working as a portrait artist for clients such as Thomas More and Henry VIII. He worked officially for the latter from 1537 until his death, producing paintings of the king and his wives.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (100)
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Portrait of a Man Workshop of Hans Holbein the Younger (British, dated 1535)Oil on wood;
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Edward VI (1537-1553), When Duke of Cornwall Workshop of Hans Holbein the Younger (British, after
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Portrait of a Young Woman Style of Hans Holbein the Younger (British, second half 16th
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Portrait of a Man, Said to Be Arnold Franz Imitator of Hans Holbein the Younger
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Franz Seraph Hanfst‰ngl Die Madonna von Hans Holbein Lithograph on chine collÈ 1837
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Francesco Bartolozzi Edward, Prince Of Wales, after Hans Holbein the Younger, from the series Imitation of original drawings, by Hans Holbein, in the Collection of His Majesty... Color Stipple Engraving and etching 1797
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Andreas Jacobsz Stock Portrait of Hans Holbein at the age of 56 ENG 16th - 17th century
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Lady Rich (Elizabeth Jenks, died 1558) Workshop of Hans Holbein the Younger (British, after 1536)Oil
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Benedikt von Hertenstein (born about 1495, died 1522), 1517 Hans Holbein the Younger (German, 1497-98–1543)Oil
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Thomas Wriothesley (1505-1550), First Earl of Southampton, ca. 1535 Hans Holbein the Younger (German, 1497-98–1543)Vellum
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Portrait of a Man in a Red Cap Hans Holbein the Younger (German, 1497-98–1543)Oil on
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Hans Holbein the younger Bilder des Todes ([Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, ca. 1920?]) book with reproductions of woodcuts 1920
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Derek Berck, 1536 Hans Holbein the Younger (German, 1497-98–1543)Oil on canvas, transferred from wood; 21
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John Byfield [ Holbein*s Scripture Cuts] Icones Veteris Testamenti; illustrations of the Old Testament, engraved on wood, from designs by Hans Holbein (London: William Pickering, 1830) Book with 90 wood engravings 1830
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Lady Guildford (Mary Wotton, born 1500), 1527 Copy after Hans Holbein the Younger (British, 16th
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William Roper (1493-94–1578), 1535-36 Hans Holbein the Younger (German, 1497-98–1543)Vellum laid on card; Diameter 1
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Margaret More (1505-1544), Wife of William Roper, 1535-36 Hans Holbein the Younger (German, 1497-98–1543)Vellum laid
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Lady Lee (Margaret Wyatt, born about 1509), possibly ca. 1540 Copy after Hans Holbein the
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John Byfield God commandeth Moses to number the people, pl. XXI in the book [ Holbein*s Scripture Cuts] Icones Veteris Testamenti; illustrations of the Old Testament, engraved on wood, from designs by Hans Holbein (London: William Pickering, 1830) 1wood
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Portrait of a Scholar or Cleric
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Hans Holbein the Younger - Sir Thomas More 1527 oil on panel The Frick Collection German
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Hans Holbein the Younger - A Woman 1532-34 tempera and oil on o The Detroit Institute of Art German
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Hans Holbein the younger The Dance of Death (London: George Bell & Sons, 1892) book with 51wood engravings on Japanese vellum paper including 6 pages with text illustrations 1892
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Hans Holbein the Younger - Sir Brian Tuke c. 1527-1528 or oil on panel National Gallery of Art German
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Hans Holbein the Younger - Edward VI as a Child c. 1538 oil on panel National Gallery of Art German
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Portrait of a Member of the Wedigh Family, Probably Hermann Wedigh (died 1560), 1532 Hans
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Hans Holbein the younger Portrait de Nicolas Kratzer Astronome (Portrait of Nicolas Kratzer, astronomer)...twenty seventh plate in the book... Le MusÈe royal (Paris: P. Didot, l*ainÈ, 1818), vol. 2 Engraving and etching 15th - 16th century
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Unidentified Scene Attributed to Jörg Breu the Younger (German, active after 1530, died 1547)Distemper on
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Hans Holbein the Younger - Mary, Lady Guildford 1527 oil on panel Saint Louis Art Museum German
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Artist: School of Hans Holbein Title: Portrait of a Young Woman Date: about 1540 -
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Christian von Mechel Plate 12 in the book Le triomphe de la mort, gravÈ d'aprËs les dessins originaux de Jean Holbein (Basel: 1780) engraving 1780
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David Deuchar The Dance of Death (London: B. Crosby, 1811) book with etchings 1811
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Hans Holbein the Younger - Portrait of Sir Thomas Le Strange of Hunstanton 1536 oil and tempera on p Kimbell Art Museum German
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David Deuchar Title page from the disbound book The Dances of Death ä (London: John Scott, 1803)00 etching 1803
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Hans Holbein the Younger - Portrait of a Young Woman with a White Coif 1541 oil and tempera on p Los Angeles County Museum of Art German
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Hans Holbein the younger - William Fitzwilliam, Earl of Southampton not before 1539 oil on panel The Fitzwilliam Museum German
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Hans Kels the Younger Medallion boxwood 1510 - 1565
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Jacobus Houbraken Portrait of Sir Thomas More Engraving 1741
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Jacobus Houbraken Thomas Cromwell Engraving 1739
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Hans Kels the Younger Medallion boxwood 1510 - 1565
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Christian von Mechel The Dead Christ 18th - 19th century
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Wenceslas Hollar Hans Holbein 1647
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Christian von Mechel Plate X, no.37-40 from The Dance Of Death Etching-engraving 1780
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Christian von Mechel Plate I, no.1-4 from The Dance Of Death Etching-engraving 1780
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Christian von Mechel Plate V, no.17-20 from The Dance Of Death Etching-engraving 1780
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Christian von Mechel Plate II, no.5-8 from The Dance Of Death Etching-engraving 1780
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Christian von Mechel Plate III, no.9-12 from The Dance Of Death Etching-engraving 1780
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Christian von Mechel Plate VI, no.21-24 from The Dance Of Death Etching-engraving 1780
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Christian von Mechel Plate VII, no.23-28 from The Dance Of Death Etching-engraving 1780
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Christian von Mechel Plate IV, no.13-16 from The Dance Of Death Etching-engraving 1780
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Christian von Mechel Plate IX, no.33-36 from The Dance Of Death Etching-engraving 1780
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Christian von Mechel Plate XII, no.45-47 from The Dance Of Death Etching-engraving 1780
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Christian von Mechel Plate XI, no.41-44 from The Dance Of Death Etching-engraving 1780
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Christian von Mechel Triumph of the Poor etching and engraving 18th - 19th century
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Christian von Mechel Triumph of the Gods etching and engraving 18th - 19th century
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Christian von Mechel Plate VIII, no.29-32 from The Dance Of Death Etching-engraving 1780
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Jacobus Houbraken Ann Bullen, Queen to Henry VIII Engraving 17th - 18th century
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Jacobus Houbraken Portrait of Ann of Cleves, Queen of King Henry VIII Engraving 1739
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Jacobus Houbraken Portrait of Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk Engraving 17th - 18th century
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George Vertue Edward VI giving the charter of Brideswell Hospital to the city of London Engraving 1750
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Christian von Mechel Cover and List of Illustrations - Le Triomphe de la Mort (The Dance Of Death) Etching-engraving 1780
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Hans Holbein - Terminus, the Device of Erasmus c. 1532 oil on wood Cleveland Museum of Art German
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George Vertue William Warham, Archbishop of Canterbury and Lord Chancellor of England to Henry VIII engraving 1737
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Small-pattern Holbein carpet Spanish (Mudejar) Spain, (Probably Alcaraz), 15th century Wool warp, wool weft, wool
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Wenceslas Hollar Mr. Morett 1647
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Wenceslas Hollar Portrait of a Young Man 1646
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George Wilmot Bonner Design for a Dagger Sheath, frontispiece in the book The Dance of Death ä with a dissertation (London: William Pickering, 1833) Wood engraving 1833
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Wenceslas Hollar Mary of England, as Princess 1647
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Wenceslas Hollar Portrait of a bearded man etching 1647
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Wenceslas Hollar Portrait of an old man with neck-chain 1647
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Wenceslas Hollar Catherine of Aragon etching 1647
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Wenceslas Hollar Lady Buts etching 1649
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Unidentified artist, British, 2nd quarter 16th century Sir William Butts Tempera and oil on panel
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Wenceslas Hollar Der Graf (The Nobleman), pl. 11 from the set Der Totentanz nach Holbein, (The Dance of Death, after Holbein) Etching 1651
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Bartholomew H¸bner Iohannes Holbein 18th century
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Bartholomew H¸bner Iohannes Holbein 18th century
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Wenceslas Hollar The Duke of Suffolk? or the Lord Buts? etching 1649
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Wenceslas Hollar Jane Seymour, wife to Henry VIII 1648
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Double Portrait: Hans & Jacob
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Wenceslas Hollar Young woman with pearl trimmed head piece etching 1647
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An Allegory of Passion
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George Wilmot Bonner The Nun from the so-called Lyons Woodcuts of the Dance of Death, plate 24 following page 262 in the book, The Dance of Death ä with a dissertation by John Douce (London: William Pickering, 1833) Wood engraving 1833
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George Wilmot Bonner The Old Man from the so-called Lyons Woodcuts of the Dance of Death, plate 33 following page 262 in the book, The Dance of Death ä with a dissertation by John Douce (London: William Pickering, 1833) Wood engraving 1833
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Bartholomew H¸bner Portrait of Johannes Holbein Engraving 1790
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George Wilmot Bonner The Consequences of the Fall from the so-called Lyons Woodcuts of the Dance of Death, plate 4 following page 262 in the book, The Dance of Death ä with a dissertation by John Douce (London: William Pickering, 1833) Wood engr
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George Wilmot Bonner The Gamesters from the so-called Lyons Woodcuts of the Dance of Death, plate 41 following page 262 in the book, The Dance of Death ä with a dissertation by John Douce (London: William Pickering, 1833) Wood engraving 1833
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George Wilmot Bonner The Miser from the so-called Lyons Woodcuts of the Dance of Death, plate 28 following page 262 in the book, The Dance of Death ä with a dissertation by John Douce (London: William Pickering, 1833) Wood engraving 1833
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George Wilmot Bonner The Blind Man from the so-called Lyons Woodcuts of the Dance of Death, plate 45 following page 262 in the book, The Dance of Death ä with a dissertation by John Douce (London: William Pickering, 1833) Wood engraving 1833
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George Wilmot Bonner The Astrologer from the so-called Lyons Woodcuts of the Dance of Death, plate 27 following page 262 in the book, The Dance of Death ä with a dissertation by John Douce (London: William Pickering, 1833) Wood engraving 1833
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George Wilmot Bonner The Waggoner from the so-called Lyons Woodcuts of the Dance of Death, plate 46 following page 262 in the book, The Dance of Death ä with a dissertation by John Douce (London: William Pickering, 1833) Wood engraving 1833
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George Wilmot Bonner The Beggar from the so-called Lyons Woodcuts of the Dance of Death, plate 47 following page 262 in the book, The Dance of Death ä with a dissertation by John Douce (London: William Pickering, 1833) Wood engraving 1833
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George Wilmot Bonner The Physician from the so-called Lyons Woodcuts of the Dance of Death, plate 26 following page 262 in the book, The Dance of Death ä with a dissertation by John Douce (London: William Pickering, 1833) Wood engraving 1833
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George Wilmot Bonner The Old Woman from the so-called Lyons Woodcuts of the Dance of Death, plate 25 following page 262 in the book, The Dance of Death ä with a dissertation by John Douce (London: William Pickering, 1833) Wood engraving 1833
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George Wilmot Bonner The Pedlar from the so-called Lyons Woodcuts of the Dance of Death, plate 37 following page 262 in the book, The Dance of Death ä with a dissertation by John Douce (London: William Pickering, 1833) Wood engraving 1833
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George Wilmot Bonner The Merchant from the so-called Lyons Woodcuts of the Dance of Death, plate 29 following page 262 in the book, The Dance of Death ä with a dissertation by John Douce (London: William Pickering, 1833) Wood engraving 1833
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George Wilmot Bonner The Knight from the so-called Lyons Woodcuts of the Dance of Death, plate 31 following page 262 in the book, The Dance of Death ä with a dissertation by John Douce (London: William Pickering, 1833) Wood engraving 1833
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George Wilmot Bonner The Soldier from the so-called Lyons Woodcuts of the Dance of Death, plate 40 following page 262 in the book, The Dance of Death ä with a dissertation by John Douce (London: William Pickering, 1833) Wood engraving 1833
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George Wilmot Bonner The Husbandman from the so-called Lyons Woodcuts of the Dance of Death, plate 38 following page 262 in the book, The Dance of Death ä with a dissertation by John Douce (London: William Pickering, 1833) Wood engraving 1833
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George Wilmot Bonner The Duchess from the so-called Lyons Woodcuts of the Dance of Death, plate 36 following page 262 in the book, The Dance of Death ä with a dissertation by John Douce (London: William Pickering, 1833) Wood engraving 1833
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George Wilmot Bonner The Countess from the so-called Lyons Woodcuts of the Dance of Death, plate 34 following page 262 in the book, The Dance of Death ä with a dissertation by John Douce (London: William Pickering, 1833) Wood engraving 1833

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National Galery of Art: From Schongauer to Holbein: Master Drawings from Basel and Berlin
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Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College: The Power of Appearances: Renaissance and Reformation Portrait Prints
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Kunsthalle Basel: red gray: Basel Painting, Put Together by Peter Suter
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