. English: Charitas device of the printer Reynold Wolf. Woodcut, × 4 cm, British Library, London. The design shows small boys knocking apples from a tree with sticks, representing the theme of Charity (ἀγάπη). The Charity device was used by radical Protestant circles in the Netherlands at this time. Reynold Wolf printed Protestant texts and acted as an agent for Thomas Cromwell and Thomas Cranmer in passing Protestant literature between England and Germany (Foister, p. 137). Published 1543. Hans Holbein (1497/1498–1543) Alternative names Hans Holbein der Jüngere, Hans Holbein Des
. English: Charitas device of the printer Reynold Wolf. Woodcut, × 4 cm, British Library, London. The design shows small boys knocking apples from a tree with sticks, representing the theme of Charity (ἀγάπη). The Charity device was used by radical Protestant circles in the Netherlands at this time. Reynold Wolf printed Protestant texts and acted as an agent for Thomas Cromwell and Thomas Cranmer in passing Protestant literature between England and Germany (Foister, p. 137). Published 1543. 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 1029 Printer's device of Reynold Wolf, by Hans Holbein the Younger
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