. English: Portrait of Dorothea Meyer, née Kannengiesser. Black and coloured chalks on white-primed paper, lead point and scored lines on the contours, × cm, Kunstmuseum Basel. Although Hans Holbein went on to become a prolific and renowned portraitist in London, he produced relatively few portraits in Basel. Jakob Meyer zum Hasen, a senior official and sometime mayor of Basel, became one of his most important early patrons, and Holbein first drew him and his wife, Dorothea, in silverpoint in 1516. This later portrait is a preparatory drawing for the work known as the Darmstadt Madon
. English: Portrait of Dorothea Meyer, née Kannengiesser. Black and coloured chalks on white-primed paper, lead point and scored lines on the contours, × cm, Kunstmuseum Basel. Although Hans Holbein went on to become a prolific and renowned portraitist in London, he produced relatively few portraits in Basel. Jakob Meyer zum Hasen, a senior official and sometime mayor of Basel, became one of his most important early patrons, and Holbein first drew him and his wife, Dorothea, in silverpoint in 1516. This later portrait is a preparatory drawing for the work known as the Darmstadt Madonna, which portrays Jakob Meyer with his family and the Madonna and Child. Meyer's first wife, Magdalena Baer (d. 1511), is also included. The scored lines on the drawing show that Holbein traced it directly onto the panel. (Stephanie Buck, Hans Holbein, Cologne: Könemann, 1999, ISBN 3829025831, pp. 76–82; Müller, p. 334.) . c. 1525–26. 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 Dorothea Meyer, chalk drawing by Hans Holbein the Younger
Size: 1888px × 2647px
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