. English: Design for a Window Frame. Pen and ink and brush, grey wash, over preliminary chalk drawing. × cm, Kunstmuseum Basel. The design shows only the left-hand side of the window frame, the other side assumed as a mirror image. 'Both the skilfully and confidently applied wash, which lends the motifs a sculptural, three-dimensional quality, and the strokes showing the most subtle vibrations, give the motifs a convincing presence. Charles Patin (1676) used the motif of the frame for the border of the frontispiece of his edition of Erasmus of Rotterdam's Stultitiae laus' (Müller, 4
. English: Design for a Window Frame. Pen and ink and brush, grey wash, over preliminary chalk drawing. × cm, Kunstmuseum Basel. The design shows only the left-hand side of the window frame, the other side assumed as a mirror image. 'Both the skilfully and confidently applied wash, which lends the motifs a sculptural, three-dimensional quality, and the strokes showing the most subtle vibrations, give the motifs a convincing presence. Charles Patin (1676) used the motif of the frame for the border of the frontispiece of his edition of Erasmus of Rotterdam's Stultitiae laus' (Müller, 410). 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 1269 Window Frame, design by Hans Holbein the Younger
Size: 1428px × 3500px
Photo credit: © The Picture Art Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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