Hans Holbein the Younger
C. 1497-1543 Germany/Northern Renaissance
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Brief Biography-Hans Holbein the Younger, born in Augsburg, was from a family of artists. His father, Hans Holbein, the Elder, sent him and his brother Ambrosius to Basel, Switzerland, for training with Hans Herbster. In Basle, he worked on book illustrations, most notably for the German translation of the Bible by Martin Luther and The Praise of Folly by Desiderius Erasmus. Hans visited Italy, where the paintings of Leonardo da Vinci strongly influenced him, and he later went to France to further his experience. Back in Basel, Hans undertook many commissions doing altarpieces, frescoes, and portraits. In 1519, he married a widow and became a Burgher of Basle a year later. In 1526, due to turmoil after the Reformation, the oppression of religious art led him to depart for England. |
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