Tag: Holbein

Portrait of a Man in Royal Livery (1532-1535)

Holbein, Hans the Younger (c.1497-1543) Portrait of a Man in Royal Livery 1532–1535 Oil and gold on parchment, laid down on linden, diameter 9.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Holbein painted this small roundel about 1532–35, after his…

Edward VI as a Child (probably 1538)

Holbein, Hans the Younger (c.1497-1543) Edward VI as a Child probably 1538 Oil on panel, 56.8 x 44 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Inscription: PARVVLE PATRISSA, PATRIÆ VIRTVTIS ET HÆRES / ESTO, NIHIL MAIVS MAXIMVS ORBIS HABET. / GNATVM…

Noli me Tangere (1526-1528)

Holbein, Hans the Younger (c.1497-1543) Noli me Tangere 1526–1528 Oil on oak panel, 76.7 x 95.8 cm Royal Collection, Hampton Court Palace, London When the diarist John Evelyn saw this painting in Charles II’s Private Lodgings at Whitehall in 1680 he recorded…

Self-Portrait (1542-1543)

Holbein, Hans the Younger (c.1497-1543) Self-Portrait 1542–1543 Coloured chalk, pen and gold on paper, 32 x 26 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze

Erasmus of Rotterdam writing (1523)

Holbein, Hans the Younger (c.1497-1543) Erasmus of Rotterdam writing 1523 Mixed technique glued on paper, on pine, 37.1 x 30.8 cm Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel See also: • Erasmus of Rotterdam (1466-1536)

Erasmus writing (1528)

Holbein, Hans the Younger (c.1497-1543) Erasmus writing 1528 Oil on wood, 43 x 33 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Compare: Legros, Alphonse (1837-1911) Copie de mémoire de l’Erasmus de Holbein s.d. National Gallery of Art, Washington     Legros, Alphonse (1837-1911) Erasme c.1899 Musée…

Erasmus (1523)

Holbein, Hans the Younger (c.1497-1543) Erasmus 1523 Oil on wood, 73.6 x 51.4 cm National Gallery, London On loan from Longford Castle collection, © Longford Castle Collection Erasmus (1466/9 – 1536) was one of the most famous writers of his day…

Portrait of Henry VIII of England (c.1537)

Holbein, Hans the Younger (c.1497-1543) Portrait of Henry VIII of England c.1537 Oil on panel, 28 x 20 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Portraiture was the most popular genre in sixteenth-century England, and indeed one of the few available to artists following the…

Alphonse Legros

(1837–1911) The artist’s works: Portrait de l’artiste s.d. National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Cupidon et Psyché exhibited 1867 Tate Britain, London Répétition du service c.1870 Tate Britain, London Portrait de femme 1875 National Gallery of Art, Washington Extase poétique 1876 Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Tête d’homme…