Hans Holbein: His Life and Works in 500 Images: An Illustrated Exploration of the Artist and His Context, with a Gallery of His Paintings and Drawings Ormiston Rosalind
Hans Holbein: His Life and Works in 500 Images: An Illustrated Exploration of the Artist and His Context, with a Gallery of His Paintings and Drawings Ormiston Rosalind Hans Holbein the Younger's…
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Hans Holbein: His Life and Works in 500 Images: An Illustrated Exploration of the Artist and His Context, with a Gallery of His Paintings and Drawings Ormiston Rosalind
Hans Holbein the Younger's life is discovered through his artworks, his family, his patrons and the people who met him. What could not be taught was his remarkable skill as a portrait painter. Born into a family of talented artists, Holbein learnt to be a draughtsman, a painter, a portraitist, and a designer for woodcuts.
Holbein had a talent to engage with his clients, proven by repeated commissions. From the Augsburg workshop of his youth, he would achieve high status as Painter to the King at the English court of Henry VIII. He could capture a moment in time, from Erasmus sitting in his study in Basel, to rich Hanseatic merchants seated in their London offices.
His gift as a painter was grounded in a sound knowledge of pigments, practical costings and time required to complete a work. In his lifetime he created a unique portfolio of ground-breaking art, predominantly in portraiture.