Hans Holbein the younger . one who is turning towardsthe spectator with a finely-drawn head full of character. Above thecrowd rise the shafts and points of weapons of many shapes, togetherwith the uplifted ladder and the reed. The framework surroundingthis drawing and its fellow is exceptionally rich in its decorativetreatment. The columns with their basket-work and flat stucco-likeornament are connected across the top of the sheet by an acanthus-leaf scroll design of great beauty, recalling similar work on the organshutters in Basel Minster, which surrounds and supports a wreathcontaining an
Hans Holbein the younger . one who is turning towardsthe spectator with a finely-drawn head full of character. Above thecrowd rise the shafts and points of weapons of many shapes, togetherwith the uplifted ladder and the reed. The framework surroundingthis drawing and its fellow is exceptionally rich in its decorativetreatment. The columns with their basket-work and flat stucco-likeornament are connected across the top of the sheet by an acanthus-leaf scroll design of great beauty, recalling similar work on the organshutters in Basel Minster, which surrounds and supports a wreathcontaining an antique head in the centre. The scroll-work in the nextdesign, the Stripping of Christs Garments (PL 49 (2) ),2 is entwinedround the bodies of two naked boys. The Saviour kneels upon theCross, in the utmost misery and dejection, while two soldielrs tear 1 Woltmann, 72. Reproduced by Ganz, Hdz. Schwz. Mstr., ii. 50; Knackfuss, fig. 32 ; His,PI. xiii.; Mantz, p. 44 (No. 7). 2 Woltmann, 73. Reproduced by Mantz, p. 44 (No. 8).. tr W v, U uu> b) - 53 o U>
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