. English: Ornamental Lid for the Portrait of Philip Melanchthon. Oil on oak, 9 cm diameter, Lower Saxony State Museum, Hanover. Holbein painted this ornamental lid for his small roundel portrait of the theologian Philipp Melanchthon (right). The inscription translates: 'You who view the features of Melanchthon as if they were almost alive: Holbein created them with the utmost skill'. Reference Stephanie Buck, Hans Holbein, Cologne: Könemann, 1999, ISBN 3829025831, p. 71. . circa 1535. Hans Holbein (1497/1498–1543) Alternative names Hans Holbein der Jüngere, Hans Holbein Descript
. English: Ornamental Lid for the Portrait of Philip Melanchthon. Oil on oak, 9 cm diameter, Lower Saxony State Museum, Hanover. Holbein painted this ornamental lid for his small roundel portrait of the theologian Philipp Melanchthon (right). The inscription translates: 'You who view the features of Melanchthon as if they were almost alive: Holbein created them with the utmost skill'. Reference Stephanie Buck, Hans Holbein, Cologne: Könemann, 1999, ISBN 3829025831, p. 71. . circa 1535. 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 953 Painted Lid of Portrait Miniature of Philipp Melanchthon, by Hans Holbein the Younger
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