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HANS HOLBEIN THE YOUNGER

B()rR in Aily;Jmrg,

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in AugJmrg, tbm

In""" to Sa,.!

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guild

Pint lTat~k to

England, ,;.'i,b

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from &-1lJm"'.

PainlJ p"nrai'''lt

,b, Tudor ",tIT,

I{mu-m to ,;:if

and "'" child_

in B",,/

Ahanoom family

in 8",,1. Smh, in

England

Anacb.d to

Eng/iIb C.",.,

I)i« of til< plag'"

in Lond<Jn

S ir Ridl:.lrd Southwell (/516)

JVbm rbi, por..-Qi, tl'M painud, Sou!Ir~.,,1I bad

Iv", Jbffi/f a/SuffolK and Noifoll; for m'" pan,

d'JfJiu til< [ac, !bat b, "" .... a ",,,,-jcud ,""rd=~

Holh<in (otI"ry" Q ur",in ""p/<"""'''''''' "hom ,b,

man 1m,. aTln:aY', in hi< dirparri""il" "yk. 711,

u",b"t~n ja1:J il<kJ1:J hi, mu,-ing moutb drat."! !b.

ri"",,.', ",,,,,tion to til< J<an on hi, ,ud:

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aIlS I k>lbcin .. "1< one of two gift ....! northern Eu",l'''' n:ligioU$ illl"g'" came under

sons tnincd by their artist Etthcr a't:l.d in Ihsd ~nd ,tiS<Hllerne n thrt .. teocd the

lJans Iiolbein the Elder. Roth town·s food ,ul"I)". Arti,ts enT}"whcn:: we",

,rart<:<] out~. ooo L des.igncrs and alu,,, .. nHs for seeling al",rn. ti,·c ,,,,,l .nd IlolI",in docid"l

the le.ding Cer,,"n I,..in",r Frob"" offuscl. togo t() Engbnd.

but the ,~der oo}" ,~ed in 1518. In those d.}"s. lie sailed in 1526. h.,·ing perSu~dod

printerS were publisherS toO and their Er1smus to write. let",r of introduction nJ

workshops wCre m<..::ting pJ.""s for the Henry VII]"s Treasurer. Sir T hom .. ,\iore.

in tcl le<"lu.1 eommunit}". Froben·s office Ilolbcin·s .dmission to the English Court w ..

attr1e",] ""nJ· schohrs .nd S<) the }')ung tho: h-y moment of his career .nd ],ef,,..e long

Iiolbein met the Du",h hwn.niSl Er"mus.

Ilolbcin I",intcd his firSt officialponrJits in

fusel _ of. burgo" .. ,,,,r .nd his wife - Ilut.

despite their ,ucruss. he (~dn't res"itt himself

to 1"" tr1iture. Ilc cn:: .. <:<] a 1101",1 .. SLTics of

w'''l<]bio''ks c.lled Da"a "f l"Na,b. de,ign<:<]

, .. ined gl25S. m.de mo,k:ls ~" g,~d'J11iths. • nd

p.in",d ',.ne religious ,ubj""'s. IlowL,·.T. in

1525 ... the Re~Jm, .. ion 'prc:td throughout

tho:)" h.d a=I,,<:<1 him .. their leading. niSI.

·Iogether with his ",sponsibilitic. It:.r

""rcmonial and li::st;,·e occa,ions at Court.

Ilolbcin p,,,,·ided an """""'p.niment t()

11"1V}"·s serialmarri.ges with hi' p,,,rr.its of thc

king·s ~<"Iual ~nd I"'''pecri,,, I" ides. Hut

these were" mere h.ndful ~mong thc one

hundn::d 0' S<'. including mini .. un::s. th .. he

I" inted in " " al.