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HANS HOLBEIN - OSKAR BÄTSCHMANN PASCAL GRIENER ...

Hans Holbein the Younger (1497 8- 1543)  one of the most versatile and admired painters of the
Northern Renaissance  trained under his father in Augsburg and then worked for leading patrons
in Switzerland before settling in England as Court Painter to Henry viii. Holbein was a hugely
ambitious artist  and even during his formative years in Lucerne and Basle designed jewellery 
stained glass and woodcuts as well as paint major altarpieces and portraits. He also carried
out several monumental decorative schemes for private houses and civic buildings. In all his
commissions Holbein sought to rival the greatest masters of Germany and Italy - notably Dürer
and Mantegna - as well as Antiquity  and by the time of his visit to France in 1524 he was
determined to secure a position as court painter. This  and the precarious situation he was
finding himself in as a result of the Reformations increasing hostility to religious works 
drove him to England for good in 1532  where in addition to decorative schemes and Triumphs he
both drew and painted numerous unrivalled likenesses of leading courtiers  merchants and
diplomats  among which is his celebrated double portrait The Ambassadors. This acclaimed 
richly illustrated book by Oskar Bätschmann and Pascal Griener - now available in a revised and
expanded Second Edition - is a major advance in our understanding of Holbeins contribution to
European art. The authors re-examine every aspect of a remarkable career  in which they take
full account of the artistic and cultural influences that affected the artist and of his
friendships with leading humanists such as Erasmus and Sir Thomas More  and cast fresh light on
many hitherto vexing questions and misunderstandings.

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