Hans Holbein the younger . 6? i L/ Dv 3l/6v-^7. » THE SCHOOLMASTERS SIGN-BOARD 51 more so to the two portraits of unknown boys, also in the Basel Gallery(Nos. 294-5). There is, indeed, a fine drawing of the head of anunknown man by Ambrosius, belonging to the Basel Kunstverein,which as a portrait bears so strong a likeness to the Darmstadt picturethat it might almost be regarded as a study for In the drawingthe position is reversed, the subject being turned to the right insteadof to the left, but the dress and hair are the same, and, judging fromthe technique, both are from the same hand.
Hans Holbein the younger . 6? i L/ Dv 3l/6v-^7. » THE SCHOOLMASTERS SIGN-BOARD 51 more so to the two portraits of unknown boys, also in the Basel Gallery(Nos. 294-5). There is, indeed, a fine drawing of the head of anunknown man by Ambrosius, belonging to the Basel Kunstverein,which as a portrait bears so strong a likeness to the Darmstadt picturethat it might almost be regarded as a study for In the drawingthe position is reversed, the subject being turned to the right insteadof to the left, but the dress and hair are the same, and, judging fromthe technique, both are from the same hand. The inscription onthe Darmstadt portrait is possibly of a somewhat later date thanthe painting, and there are faint indications of an earlier one beneathit. When this earlier one was replaced or renewed, the initial ofthe Christian name may have been changed from A. to H. In his bookDr. Woltmann included the portrait among the works of Hans Holbeinthe Elder, but modern criticism does not follow him in this. At this early period of his career
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