Hans Holbein the Younger, German painter, one of the most accomplished masters of Renaissance portraiture, and a designer of woodcuts, stained glass, and jewelry.
В 1515...26 работал в Базеле, создавая религиозные композиции, портреты, живописно-декоративные произведения, графические работы.
By 1515 Holbein the Younger had established himself in Basel, Switzerland, as a book illustrator.
He designed many title-page woodcuts and completed a series of pen-and-ink sketches for The Praise of Folie by the Dutch scholar Desiderius Erasmus.
In the period 1523 to about 1526 Holbein increased his reputation as a book illustrator by a series of 51 drawings portraying the medieval allegorical theme the Dance of Death and by a series of woodcuts for the German translation of the Bible by Martin Luther.
В 1526 уехал в Англию.
В 1528...32 - снова в Базеле, где создал рисунки к Библии (изданы в 1538 в гравюрах на дереве Лютцельбургера Х.)
В 1532 возвратился в Англию.
С 1936 придворный художник короля Генриха VIII.
Holbein worked for many years in England as the court painter for Henry the Eighth.
название:
Богоматерь бургомистра Мейера, или Дармштадтская
Virgin and Child with the family of Burgomaster Meyer, or Virgin of Darmstadt
