Hans Holbein
Portrait of Hans Holbein, half-length, in an oval, slightly turned to the left, dressed in a doublet with an open collar and a skull-cap on his head, the roundel lettered with his monogram and the date 1543.
Artwork Details
- Title: Hans Holbein
- Artist: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
- Sitter: Hans Holbein the Younger (German, Augsburg 1497/98–1543 London)
- Date: 1647
- Medium: Etching; the print is cut to the image and the state cannot be determined
- Dimensions: Sheet: 4 3/16 × 4 3/16 in. (10.7 × 10.7 cm)
cut to borderline of circular image - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
- Object Number: 20.81.3.188
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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