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. English: The Hireling Shepherd, title page to Urbanus Regius, A lytle treatise after the maner of an Epistyle. Woodcut, × cm, Bodleian Library, Oxford University. One of a group of prints relating to the Dissolution of the Monasteries during the English Reformation. Figures in the pictures are depicted as monks, in less than flattering situations. The woodcuts were produced at a time when reformers satirised monks mercilessly. Published London 1548. Hans Holbein (1497/1498–1543) Alternative names Hans Holbein der Jüngere, Hans Holbein Description German painter and draughts
. English: The Hireling Shepherd, title page to Urbanus Regius, A lytle treatise after the maner of an Epistyle. Woodcut, × cm, Bodleian Library, Oxford University. One of a group of prints relating to the Dissolution of the Monasteries during the English Reformation. Figures in the pictures are depicted as monks, in less than flattering situations. The woodcuts were produced at a time when reformers satirised monks mercilessly. Published London 1548. 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 1175 The Hireling Shepherd, woodcut by Hans Holbein the Younger
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