Hans Holbein the Younger worked at a period when the terms of art itself were being renegotiated.
The record lists Hans Holbein the Younger as German artist and printmaker (1497–1543).
Hans Holbein the Younger was born at Augsburg in 1497. His recorded nationality is Germany.
This was the period in which the artist became an individual with a signature, a reputation and a price.
He worked as painter, printmaker and graphic artist.
His recorded movement is german renaissance and northern renaissance.
Among his best-known works are The Ambassadors, Madonna enthroned with child and two figures and Darmstadt Madonna. An artist's reputation moves with taste, but the work stays exactly where it was left.
That the work was made in Germany shaped it: artistic traditions, academies and the galleries that decide what is seen have never been evenly distributed.
Hans Holbein the Younger died in 1543, aged 46. The work remains, hanging in collections that outlived both the artist and the market that first priced it.
Achievements
- Notable work: The Ambassadors
- Notable work: Madonna enthroned with child and two figures
- Notable work: Darmstadt Madonna
- Notable work: The Body of the Dead Christ in the Tomb
- Movement: German Renaissance and Northern Renaissance
