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Self-portrait, c. 1542–43.Coloured chalks and pen, heightened with gold, Uffizi Gallery, Florence. This list of paintings by Hans Holbein the Younger contains a selection of the artist's best-known paintings, as well as a few copies and derivatives of his art, some of which relate to lost works.
A note in Holbein's hand adds that Southwell's eyes were "a little yellowish". [173] Edward Stanley [175] c. 1532 – c. 1543: Black and coloured chalks, pen and ink, and brush and ink on pale pink prepared paper. 28.1 × 19.7 cm: The sitter is Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby, cup-bearer to Anne Boleyn. [175] [176] Thomas Lestrange [177] c. 1536
Hans Holbein the Younger (UK: / ˈ h ɒ l b aɪ n / HOL-byne, [2] US: / ˈ h oʊ l b aɪ n, ˈ h ɔː l-/ HOHL-byne, HAWL-; [3] [4] [5] German: Hans Holbein der Jüngere; c. 1497 [6] – between 7 October and 29 November 1543) was a German-Swiss painter and printmaker who worked in a Northern Renaissance style, and is considered one of the greatest portraitists of the 16th century. [7]
In 1913 Georg Habich discovered another portrait miniature of an unknown young man by Hans Holbein the Younger in the Danzig Stadtmuseum. [8] The miniature was first recorded in the museum's collection in 1902. [9] There was a tradition in Danzig that the subject was a member of the Schwarzwald family. [10]
Portrait of Christina of Denmark (or Portrait in Mourning) is an oil on oak panel painting by Hans Holbein the Younger completed in 1538. [1] It was commissioned that year by Thomas Cromwell, agent for Henry VIII, as a betrothal painting following the death of the English Queen Jane Seymour.
A design by Holbein for a cap-badge with John the Baptist survives in the British Museum. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Around his neck is a gold chain from which hangs a medallion or watchcase of openwork . The attitude , the glove on the left hand and the half-covered medallion on the chain are reminiscent of Titian ’s L'Homme au Gant in the Louvre . [ 8 ]