. English: Portrait of the Book Printer Johann Froben. Oak, 395 × 335 mm, Basel, Kunstmuseum. Johann Froben (1460–1527) was a noted book printer in Basel. He was a close associate of Desiderius Erasmus, whose works he published and who, for a time, was a guest at his home. Hans Holbein the Younger met Erasmus through Froben, for whom he designed many book illustrations. He may have painted the original in the early 1520s, prior to his departure for England in 1526. (Reference: Müller, et al, pp. 296–98.) . 16th or beginning of the 17th century, after an original of 1520/26. 724 Johann Frobe
. English: Portrait of the Book Printer Johann Froben. Oak, 395 × 335 mm, Basel, Kunstmuseum. Johann Froben (1460–1527) was a noted book printer in Basel. He was a close associate of Desiderius Erasmus, whose works he published and who, for a time, was a guest at his home. Hans Holbein the Younger met Erasmus through Froben, for whom he designed many book illustrations. He may have painted the original in the early 1520s, prior to his departure for England in 1526. (Reference: Müller, et al, pp. 296–98.) . 16th or beginning of the 17th century, after an original of 1520/26. 724 Johann Froben, by Hans Holbein the Younger
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Keywords: ., 15, 16th, 17th, beginning, century, original
