Hans Holbein the Younger, son of the painter Hans Holbein the Elder, was both in education and career, a cosmopolitan. At the early age of 16, after training by his father, he went travelling with his brother Ambrosius. He is first mentioned in 1515 in Basel, where he entered the workshop of Hans Herbster.
1516. Oil on wood. Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland. Read Note.
1516. Oil on wood. Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland. Read Note.
1517. Oil on paper mounted on wood. Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland. Read Note.
1519. Oil on wood. Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland. Read Note.
c.1520. Oil on wood. The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA.
1521. Oil on wood. Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland. Read Note.
1523. Oil on wood. Louvre, Paris, France. Read Note.
c.1524. Oil on wood, four panels. Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland. Read Note.
c.1524. Oil on wood, four panels. Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland. Read Note.
c.1524. Oil on wood, four panels. Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland. Read Note.
1524. Oil on wood. Royal Collection, Hampton Court, UK. Read Note.
1526. Oil on wood. Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland. Read Note.
1526. Oil on wood. Schlossmuseum, Darmstadt, Germany. Read Note.
1526. Oil on wood. Schlossmuseum, Darmstadt, Germany.
1526. Oil on wood. Schlossmuseum, Darmstadt, Germany.
1527. Oil on wood. The Frick Collection, New York, USA. Read Note.
1527. Oil on wood. Louvre, Paris, France. Read Note.
1527. Oil on wood. Royal Collection, Windsor, UK. Read Note.
1527. Oil on wood. City Art Museum, St. Louis, USA.
c.1527. Oil on wood. The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA. Read Note.
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Holbein. by A. Nemilov. Moscow-Leningrad. 1962.
Holbein and Henry VIII. by R. Strong. London. 1967.
Holbein and England by Susan Foister. Paul Mellon Center BA, 2005.
Five Centuries of British Painting: From Holbein to Hodgkin by Andrew Wilton. Thames & Hudson, 2002.
Hans Holbein the Younger: Painter at the Court of Henry VIII by Stephanie Buck, Jochen Sander. Thames & Hudson, 2004.
Hans Holbein: Paintings, Prints, and Reception by Mark Roskill, John Oliver Hand. NGW-Stud Hist Art, 2001.
Holbein`s "Ambassadors": Making and Meaning by Susan Foister, Ashok Roy, Martin Wyld. National Gallery London, 1998.
Henry VIII Revealed: Holbein's Portrait and Its Legacy by Xanthe Brooke, David Crombie. Paul Holberton Publishing, 2003.