National Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C.Saint Margaret in Prison with the Dragon from the Prayer Book of Anne de Bretagne, in Latin and French c.

Portrait Miniature of a Young Man with a Pink Portrait of a Member of the Von Wedigh Family (Called Hermann Hillebrandt von Wedigh) ĭouble Portrait of Jean de Dinteville and Georges de Selve ('The Ambassadors') Miniature Portrait of George Nevill, 5th Baron Bergavenny Miniature Portrait of a Man in a Red Cap

Miniature Portrait of Philipp Melanchthon Portrait of a Man, possibly Hans of Antwerp Miniature Portrait of Erasmus of Rotterdam Oil and tempera on paper, cut out and mounted on wood Portrait of Thomas Godsalve and his son John Portrait of a Lady with a Squirrel and a Starling' Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, Missouri Portrait of William Warham, Archbishop of Canterbury The Darmstadt Madonna (the Madonna of Jakob Meyer zum Hasen) The Passion altarpiece, the two right panels The Passion altarpiece, the two left panels National Gallery, London, on loan from Longford Castle Portrait of Erasmus of Rotterdam writing Oberried Altarpiece, The Birth of Christ, right panel University Chapel of the Cathedral, Freiburg im Breisgau Oberried Altarpiece, The Adoration of the Magi, left panel Signboard for the Schoolmaster Oswald Myconius (with Ambrosius Holbein) Portrait of Dorothea Meyer, wife of Jakob Meyer zum Hasen Head of a Male Saint, attributed to Holbein Head of a Female Saint, attributed to Holbein His portraits of the king and his family and courtiers provide a vivid record of a brilliant court, during a momentous period when Henry was assuming power as the Supreme Head of the English church. In this role, he produced designs for jewellery, plate, and other precious objects, as well as for festive decorations. After returning to Basel for four years, in 1532 he resumed his career in England, where he worked for Anne Boleyn and Thomas Cromwell, and was appointed King's Painter to Henry VIII. He was welcomed into the humanist circle of Thomas More, where he soon built a high reputation. Holbein travelled to England in 1526 in search of work, armed with a recommendation from Erasmus. His late-Gothic style was influenced by artistic trends in Italy, France and the Netherlands, as well as by Renaissance humanism, resulting in a combined aesthetic that was uniquely his own. When the Reformation reached Basel, Holbein produced works for reformist clients while continuing to serve traditional religious patrons. He produced the occasional portrait, and made his international mark with portraits of the famous humanist Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam. He also made a significant contribution to the history of book design, and produced religious art, satire, and Reformation propaganda.īorn in Augsburg, Holbein worked mainly in Basel as a young artist, painting murals and religious works and drawing designs for stained glass and printed books. He is best known as one of the greatest portraitists of the 16th century. 1497–1543) was a German artist and printmaker who worked in a Northern Renaissance style. Ainsworth et al and Susan Foister's catalogue of the Holbein in England exhibition of 2006 (all listed in References section). Coloured c of the artist's best-known paintings, as well as a few copiePaul Ganz, by Roy Strong, and by John Rowlands the catalogue of Holbein's Basel years by Christian Müller, Stephan Kemperdick, Maryan W.

Tempera on vellum