Artworks · Hans Holbein the Younger

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

1889 · Woodcut in black on cream laid paper

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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.)

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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

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.)

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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

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.)

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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

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.)

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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

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

Sir Brian Tuke

1527 · oil on panel

overall: 49.1 x 38.5 cm (19 5/16 x 15 3/16 in.) framed: 67 x 57.5 x 7.6 cm (26 3/8 x 22 5/8 x 3 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Erasmus of Rotterdam

1527 · Oil on linden panel

7 1/4 x 5 9/16 in. (18.4 x 14.2 cm); painted surface 6 15/16 x 5 1/2 in. (17.6 x 14 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Duchess

1517 · Woodcut on paper

6.6 × 4.9 cm (2 5/8 × 1 15/16 in.)

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Pharoah's Dream (recto); Jacob Adopts Sons of Joseph (verso)

1517 · Woodcut on paper

6.2 × 8.7 cm (2 1/2 × 3 7/16 in.)

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The Monk

1517 · Woodcut on paper

6.6 × 5 cm (2 5/8 × 2 in.)

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The Cardinal

1517 · Woodcut on paper

7.2 × 5.3 cm (2 7/8 × 2 1/8 in.)

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Jonah Outside Ninevah (recto); Habakkuk Carrying Bread to Reapers (verso)

1517 · Woodcut on paper

6.2 × 8.9 cm (2 1/2 × 3 9/16 in.)

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The Physician

1517 · Woodcut on paper

6.5 × 4.9 cm (2 9/16 × 1 15/16 in.)

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Benedikt von Hertenstein (born about 1495, died 1522)

1517 · Oil and gold on paper, laid down on wood

Overall 20 1/2 x 15 in. (52.4 x 38.1 cm); painted surface 20 3/8 x 14 5/8 in. (51.4 x 37.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Adam and Eve Driven out of Paradise

1517 · Woodcut on paper

6.6 × 4.9 cm (2 5/8 × 1 15/16 in.)

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Design for Epitaph: Family Members Kneeling Before Tomb

1500 · Pen and black ink and brush and gray wash on cream laid paper, laid down on ivory wove paper

24.4 × 41.6 cm (9 5/8 × 16 7/16 in.)

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