Artists

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  Henry VIII $AU 248.62 ~ 2,674.25
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  Ambassadors $AU 304.08 ~ 3,613.60
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  Do not Touch Me $AU 279.83 ~ 1,129.91
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  The Last Supper $AU 284.27 ~ 1,169.22

Hans Holbein the Younger (c. 1497 Augsburg - 1543 London) was one of the most important portrait painters of his time. He studied first with his father, Hans Holbein the Elder, and afterward went to Basel, where he was accepted into the painters guild in 1519. There he received contracts for wall and altar paintings, portraits, and book illustrations. Aroung 1527 he traveled to London for the first time, and settled there in 1532. From 1536 on, he turned completely to portraiture, especially of the nobles of the royal court and the merchants of the Hansetic League. Holbein's early paintings reveal a strong Gothic influence, but contact with Italian art led to a gradual change in favor of clear and simple depictions. Both his portraits and his other pictures are characterized by a cool distance and detailed precision. Among his works are Christ in the Tomb, 1521/1522, Kunstmuseum, Basel, The Slolthurner Madonna, 1522, Museum Derstadt, Slolthurn, and The Ambasadors (Jean de Dinteville and George de Selve), 1533, National Gallery, London.