Hans Holbein the younger . r strength—and there are certainly artistsstronger than he—can give. There is in this drawing the germ, andsomething more than the germ, of the spirit of his great son. 2 This altar-piece, in which the figures are represented at aboutone-third the size of life, marks a considerable advance in Holbeinsart, both in technical qualities, the harmony of colouring, and in thedrawing of the figures and natural arrangement of the ordering the picture, Veronica Welser at the same time com-missioned Hans Burgkmair to paint one of the Basilica of Santa Croceand t
Hans Holbein the younger . r strength—and there are certainly artistsstronger than he—can give. There is in this drawing the germ, andsomething more than the germ, of the spirit of his great son. 2 This altar-piece, in which the figures are represented at aboutone-third the size of life, marks a considerable advance in Holbeinsart, both in technical qualities, the harmony of colouring, and in thedrawing of the figures and natural arrangement of the ordering the picture, Veronica Welser at the same time com-missioned Hans Burgkmair to paint one of the Basilica of Santa Croceand the legend of St. Ursula. Only one payment, 187 gulden, isrecorded for the two. As Burgkmairs picture is dated 1504, it isnatural to suppose that Holbeins altar-piece was painted at aboutthe same time. 1 Glaser, 233. Reproduced by Davies, p. 14 2 Davies, p. 16. Vol. I., Platk i THE BAPTISM OF ST. PAULLeft-hand panel of the St. Paul Altar-piece, with portraits of the Holbein Family Hans Holbein the Elder Augsburg Gallery. THE ELDER HOLBEINS TROUBLES 13 Between the years 1504 and 1508 Holbein found frequent em-ployment in connection with the Church of St. Moritz in payments are recorded in the church account-books, butthe pictures he painted cannot now be traced. Among them appearto have been two large altar-pieces, for which he frequently receivedsmall sums in advance at his own request. On the 28th October 1506,he agreed to supply four altar-panels for 100 gulden, receiving 10gulden on account. Money was evidently scarce in the Holbeinhousehold in these years ; he was even obliged to borrow 3 guldenfrom the churchwardens wife. For the second altar-piece, com-missioned on the 16th March 1508, he was to receive the considerablesum of 325 gulden ; but, as he was evidently still in debt, the wholeof the money was not paid directly to him, but was handed over tovarious creditors ; thus 74 gulden was paid to one Thomas Frei-hamer. On the same occasion Holbeins wif
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