Hans Holbein the Younger

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German Renaissance artist painter person portrait painter printmaker

Hans Holbein the Younger was a German Renaissance painter and printmaker renowned for his precise, realistic portraits, especially of the Tudor court of Henry VIII.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf German Renaissance artist ⓘ
painter ⓘ
person ⓘ
portrait painter ⓘ
printmaker ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
dateOfBirth c. 1497 ⓘ
dateOfDeath between 7 October and 29 November 1543 ⓘ
employer Henry VIII of England ⓘ
Tudor court ⓘ
ethnicGroup German ⓘ
familyName Hans Holbein the Younger self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Holbein
father Hans Holbein the Elder ⓘ
fieldOfWork painting ⓘ
portraiture ⓘ
printmaking ⓘ
genre book illustration ⓘ
portrait art ⓘ
religious art ⓘ
givenName Hans ⓘ
influencedBy Albrecht Dürer ⓘ
Italian Renaissance art ⓘ
movement Northern Renaissance ⓘ
Renaissance ⓘ
notableFor highly detailed, realistic portraits ⓘ
portraits of the Tudor court ⓘ
woodcut designs ⓘ
notableWork Anne of Cleves ⓘ
surface form: Anne of Cleves portrait

Christina of Denmark portrait ⓘ
Dance of Death woodcuts ⓘ
Erasmus of Rotterdam portraits ⓘ
Jane Seymour ⓘ
surface form: Jane Seymour portrait

“Portrait of Henry VIII” by Hans Holbein the Younger ⓘ
surface form: Portrait of Henry VIII

Portrait of Thomas Cromwell ⓘ
Thomas More ⓘ
surface form: Portrait of Thomas More

The Ambassadors ⓘ
placeOfBirth Augsburg NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bavaria ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
placeOfDeath Kingdom of England ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
religion Catholicism ⓘ
residence Basel NERFINISHED ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sibling Ambrosius Holbein ⓘ
spouse Elisabeth Binzenstock ⓘ
workLocation Basel NERFINISHED ⓘ
England ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

Switzerland ⓘ

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National Gallery → collectionIncludesArtist → Hans Holbein the Younger ⓘ
Hans Holbein the Younger → familyName → Hans Holbein the Younger self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Holbein
Frick Collection → hasCollectionItemBy → Hans Holbein the Younger ⓘ
Northern Renaissance → hasNotableArtist → Hans Holbein the Younger ⓘ
Old Masters → hasNotableExample → Hans Holbein the Younger ⓘ
Drumlanrig Castle → notableArtistInCollection → Hans Holbein the Younger ⓘ
this entity surface form: Holbein
Kunstmuseum Basel → notableWorkBy → Hans Holbein the Younger ⓘ
Anne of Cleves → portraitArtist → Hans Holbein the Younger ⓘ
Henry VIII of England → portraitArtist → Hans Holbein the Younger ⓘ