Hans Holbein the younger . AMBROSIUS HOLBEIN 61 of the painters monogram. Across the bottom is the inscription, Ioannes Herbster pictor oporini pater, the last words referringto his son, the well-known scholar of Basel, who afterwards turnedprinter, and Latinised his name to Oporinus. Herbster himself, likethe Burgomaster Meyer, had taken his part in the Italian wars, andwas in the battle of Pa via in 1512. In addition to several drawingsalready described, the Basel Gallery also possesses a charmingstudy in silver-point and red chalk of a young girl, inscribedAnne, and dated 1518, in which a v
Hans Holbein the younger . AMBROSIUS HOLBEIN 61 of the painters monogram. Across the bottom is the inscription, Ioannes Herbster pictor oporini pater, the last words referringto his son, the well-known scholar of Basel, who afterwards turnedprinter, and Latinised his name to Oporinus. Herbster himself, likethe Burgomaster Meyer, had taken his part in the Italian wars, andwas in the battle of Pa via in 1512. In addition to several drawingsalready described, the Basel Gallery also possesses a charmingstudy in silver-point and red chalk of a young girl, inscribedAnne, and dated 1518, in which a very tender, delicate feelingfor the beauty of childhood is shown (PI. 19) ;1 the head of a youngwoman in a hood in profile to the left; 2 a very fine drawing of thehead of a young man turned slightly to the left, wearing a black cap onthe side of his head, signed and dated 1517 ;3 and a design for paintedglass, representing the foundation of the city of Basel (PI. 20),4 a pendrawing lightly touched with colour, which was f
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