Tuesday, 26 January 2010
Holbein, Hans the Elder (1465c.-1524) - 1514-15 Portrait of the Artist's Sons (Hermitage, St. Petersburg)
Holbein, Hans the Elder (1465c.-1524) - 1514-15 Portrait of the Artist's Sons (Hermitage, St. Petersburg), originally uploaded by RasMarley.
Hans Holbein the Elder was a German painter. He and his brother Sigismund Holbein painted religious works in the late Gothic style. Hans the Elder was a pioneer and leader in the transformation of German art from the Gothic to the Renaissance style.
He was also a woodcut artist and an illustrator of books, and was a church window designer. His sons Hans Holbein the Younger and Ambrosius Holbein had their first painting lessons from him.
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