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Hans Holbein the Younger

1497/8–1543

Wenceslaus Hollar after Holbein's self-portrait. Posthumous print, 1647.
Wenceslaus Hollar after Holbein's self-portrait. Posthumous print, 1647.

Holbein trained with his father and joined Basel's painters' guild in 1519. In 1526 he travelled to England with Erasmus's recommendation to Thomas More, returning to settle in 1532. Alongside paintings and print designs, he made designs for jewellery and metalwork.

Works

Edward VI as a Child — Hans Holbein the YoungerHans Holbein the Younger

Edward VI as a Child

The Ambassadors — Hans Holbein the YoungerHans Holbein the Younger

The Ambassadors

Sources

Wenceslaus Hollar; after Hans Holbein the Younger · Gift of Barbara E. Fox, from the Collection of Howard A. Fox, MD, and Barbara E. Fox, in celebration of the Museum's 150th Anniversary, 2020 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art · CC0 1.0 / Public Domain Portrait source · Licence