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Artists›Hans Holbein the Younger

Hans Holbein the Younger

1497–1543

WA-00016179

Augsburg, Germany

PaintingRenaissance

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WikidataQ48319

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NationalityArtsy· 85%

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

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Artworks (42)

Typus Cosmographicus Universalis, Sim. Grynaeus, Novus Orbis, Basileae 1532

1889 · Woodcut in black on cream laid paper

Art Institute of Chicago

Design for Swiss Heraldic Arms

1800 · Pen and black ink and brush and brown ink and brown wash on ivory wove card

41.2 × 30.6 cm (16 1/4 × 12 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Portrait of a Man, Said to Be Arnold Franz

1600 · Vellum laid on card

Diameter 2 1/8 in. (53 mm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Portrait of a Man, Said to Be Arnold Franz

1600 · Vellum laid on card

Diameter 2 1/8 in. (53 mm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Dance of Death, plate 39 from Woodcuts from Books of the XVI Century

1567 · Woodcut on paper

Image: 6.6 × 5 cm (2 5/8 × 2 in.); Sheet: 8 × 6.2 cm (3 3/16 × 2 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Saint Paul with Book and Sword

1540 · woodcut on laid paper

sheet: 13.3 × 8.9 cm (5 1/4 × 3 1/2 in.)

National Gallery of Art

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Portrait of a Young Woman

1540 · Oil and gold on oak

11 1/8 x 9 1/8 in. (28.3 x 23.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Edward VI (1537–1553), When Duke of Cornwall

1540 · Oil and gold on oak

Diameter 12 3/4 in. (32.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Lady Lee (Margaret Wyatt, born about 1509)

1540 · Oil and gold on oak

17 3/8 × 13 3/8 in. (44.1 × 34 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Edward VI as a Child

1538 · oil on panel

overall: 56.8 x 44 cm (22 3/8 x 17 5/16 in.) framed: 80 x 68.6 x 10.2 cm (31 1/2 x 27 x 4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Portrait of Sir Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex (1485-1540)

1537 · Watercolor on vellum

Diam.: 4.5 cm (1 3/4 in.); Framed: Diam.: 7.1 cm (2 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Derick Berck of Cologne

1536 · Oil on canvas, transferred from wood

21 x 16 3/4 in. (53.3 x 42.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Tantalus

1535 · pen and black ink with watercolors, heightened in gold, on laid paper

overall (diameter roundel): 5.1 cm (2 in.)

National Gallery of Art

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Portrait of a Man (Sir Ralph Sadler?)

1535 · Oil and gold on oak

Diameter 12 in. (30.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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William Roper (1493/94–1578)

1535 · Vellum laid on card

Diameter 1 3/4 in. (45 mm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Lady Rich (Elizabeth Jenks, died 1558)

1535 · Oil and gold on oak

17 1/2 x 13 3/8 in. (44.5 x 34 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Margaret Roper (Margaret More, 1505–1544)

1535 · Vellum laid on playing card

Diameter 1 3/4 in. (45 mm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Margaret Roper (Margaret More, 1505–1544)

1535 · Vellum laid on playing card

Diameter 1 3/4 in. (45 mm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Illustration from a German Bible, plate 38 from Woodcuts from Books of the XVI Century

1534 · Woodcut on paper

Image: 6.1 × 8.5 cm (2 7/16 × 3 3/8 in.); Image/text: 30.2 × 21.3 cm (11 15/16 × 8 7/16 in.); Sheet: 35.9 × 24.9 cm (14 3/16 × 9 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Portrait of a Man in Royal Livery

1532 · Oil and gold on parchment, laid down on linden

Overall, with engaged frame, diameter 5 in. (12.7 cm); painted surface diameter 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Hermann von Wedigh III (died 1560)

1532 · Oil and gold on oak

16 5/8 x 12 3/4 in. (42.2 x 32.4 cm), with added strip of 1/2 in. (1.3 cm) at bottom

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Portrait of a Man in Royal Livery

1532 · Oil and gold on parchment, laid down on linden

Overall, with engaged frame, diameter 5 in. (12.7 cm); painted surface diameter 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Hermann von Wedigh III (died 1560)

1532 · Oil and gold on oak

16 5/8 x 12 3/4 in. (42.2 x 32.4 cm), with added strip of 1/2 in. (1.3 cm) at bottom

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Thomas Wriothesley (1505–1550), First Earl of Southampton

1530 · Vellum laid on card

Irregular, cut down, 1 1/8 x 1 in. (28 x 25 mm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

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