. English: Portrait of an Unknown Man, inscribed 'Phil: Melanchton'. Black chalk, pen and Indian ink on pink-primed paper, × cm, Royal Collection, Windsor Castle. The drawing is badly rubbed and retouched by later hands with chalk and ink, and there is a hole near the middle of the hat. Holbein's left-handed shading can me seen in the hat. The identification, added later, of the sitter as the reforming German theologian Philipp Melanchthon is thought to be false. The subject does not resemble Holbein's painted portrait of Melanchthon or other portraits of him. The subject is not a me
. English: Portrait of an Unknown Man, inscribed 'Phil: Melanchton'. Black chalk, pen and Indian ink on pink-primed paper, × cm, Royal Collection, Windsor Castle. The drawing is badly rubbed and retouched by later hands with chalk and ink, and there is a hole near the middle of the hat. Holbein's left-handed shading can me seen in the hat. The identification, added later, of the sitter as the reforming German theologian Philipp Melanchthon is thought to be false. The subject does not resemble Holbein's painted portrait of Melanchthon or other portraits of him. The subject is not a member of the nobility or a courtier (Parker, 55). 1532–43. Hans Holbein (1497/1498–1543) Alternative names Hans Holbein der Jüngere, Hans Holbein Description German painter and draughtsman Date of birth/death 1497 or 1498 between 7 October 1543 and 29 November 1543 Location of birth/death Augsburg London Work location Basel (1515-1526), Lucerne (1515-1526), Venice (1515), Bologna (1515), Florence (1515), Rome (1515), Venice (1517-1518), Bologna (1517-1518), Florence (1517-1518), Rome (1517-1518), London (1526-1528), Basel (1528-1532), London (1532-1543) Authority control : Q48319 VIAF: 4945401 ISNI: 0000 0001 2098 7816 ULAN: 500005259 LCCN: n81117179 NLA: 36275979 WorldCat 1214 Unknown Man, inscribed "Phil- Melanchthon", by Hans Holbein the Younger
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