Holbein
Henry VIII's painter
Holbein refers to two German Renaissance painters, father and son, both named Hans.
Hans Holbein the Elder was known for religious works in the late Gothic style, but his son Hans Holbein the Younger achieved far greater fame as a portrait painter at the court of Henry VIII of England.
The younger Holbein's meticulous, psychologically penetrating portraits of Tudor-era figures remain iconic images of the period.
The museum's Holbein portraits draw visitors from around the world.
Sixteenth-century English ruling family
- likenessVisual similarity or representation
- sitterTemporary child caretaker
- court painterArtist serving a monarch
- miniatureReduced-scale representation
Henry VIII · Anne Boleyn · Thomas More · Erasmus · Jane Seymour · ambassadors · nobleman · humanist
Alpine-north cultural awakening
- BaselSwiss Rhine city
- AugsburgBavarian city, Roman-founded
- humanismPhilosophy prioritizing earthly reason
- ReformationReligious movement splitting Christianity
woodcut · printmaking · book illustration · German art · guild · workshop · apprenticeship · patronage
Art made with linseed-bound pigments
- temperaEgg-yolk painting method
- underdrawingInitial sketch beneath paint
- glazingGlossy protective coating
- panelDistinct flat section
parchment · detail · realism · precision · layering · pigment · lapis lazuli · gold leaf
Deliberately warped image
- skullHead's bone casing
- vanitasPainting of mortality symbols
- mortalityState of eventual death
- memento moriArtistic death reminder
Persian rug · lute · globe · sundial · allegory · hidden meaning · perspective distortion · optical illusion
Tudor
Sixteenth-century English ruling family
- likenessVisual similarity or representation
- sitterTemporary child caretaker
- court painterArtist serving a monarch
Henry VIII · Anne Boleyn · miniature · Thomas More · Erasmus · Jane Seymour · ambassadors · nobleman · humanist · physiognomy
Northern Renaissance
Alpine-north cultural awakening
- BaselSwiss Rhine city
- AugsburgBavarian city, Roman-founded
- humanismPhilosophy prioritizing earthly reason
Reformation · woodcut · printmaking · book illustration · German art · guild · workshop · apprenticeship · patronage · iconoclasm
oil painting
Art made with linseed-bound pigments
- temperaEgg-yolk painting method
- underdrawingInitial sketch beneath paint
- glazingGlossy protective coating
panel · parchment · detail · realism · precision · layering · pigment · lapis lazuli · gold leaf · luminosity
anamorphosis
Deliberately warped image
memento mori · Persian rug · lute · globe · sundial · allegory · hidden meaning · perspective distortion · optical illusion · transience
altarpiece
Religious art behind altar
- religious paintingArtwork depicting sacred subjects
- father and son
HolbeinEl Greco
Spanish Renaissance painter
Caravaggio · Tintoretto · Rubens · Delacroix · Titian
HolbeinRaphael
Renaissance painter from Urbino
Leonardo da Vinci · Michelangelo · Titian · Botticelli · Italian Renaissance