Hans Holbein the Younger: Portrait of Edward VI as a child

A key figure in the Northern Renaissance, Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/8-1543) is most remembered for his religious commissions and the portraits he created during his later years in London, such as The French Ambassadors and the many paintings and drawings made of Henry VIII and his wives. His unfailing ...more

A richly illustrated monograph combining glorious reproductions of some forty paintings with perceptive analyses of Holbein's oeuvre. Hans Holbein's psychological insight, magisterial compositions, and cool palette ensure his status as one of the greatest European painters. Published to accompany a major exhibition at the Mauritshuis in The Hague, the book ...more

Hans Holbein the Younger: The Basle Years, 1515-1532 Christian Müller, Editor Holbein is perhaps best known as the court painter of Henry VIII, but before he moved to England, this sixteenth-century German artist was a celebrated portraitist and painter of religious scenes and altar pieces. Focusing on a particularly fertile ...more

In this quincentennial year of Holbein's birth, this is the first comprehensive annotated bibliography of texts relating to this important Northern European Renaissance artist, with an accompanying historiographic essay on various aspects of Holbein's reception. The first part of the book, "Some Notes on Reception," contains overviews of texts about ...more