. English: Design for Organ Shutters for Basel Cathedral, parts 1 & 2, left side. Pen and ink and brush over preliminary chalk drawing, brown and grey wash, Kunstmuseum Basel. Right shutters 1. The Empress Kunigunde, × cm (top), cm (bottom) 2. The Emperor Heinrich II and Basel Cathedral, (left), (right) × cm} Organ shutters protected the organ from dust and dirt. Here, the central panels and side panels would have been connected by a hinge. These left-side shutters depict the founders of Basel Cathedral, Heinrich II, Holy Roman Emperor, and his wife St Kunigunde
. English: Design for Organ Shutters for Basel Cathedral, parts 1 & 2, left side. Pen and ink and brush over preliminary chalk drawing, brown and grey wash, Kunstmuseum Basel. Right shutters 1. The Empress Kunigunde, × cm (top), cm (bottom) 2. The Emperor Heinrich II and Basel Cathedral, (left), (right) × cm} Organ shutters protected the organ from dust and dirt. Here, the central panels and side panels would have been connected by a hinge. These left-side shutters depict the founders of Basel Cathedral, Heinrich II, Holy Roman Emperor, and his wife St Kunigunde (Müller, 346–47). Holbein deploys perspective and illusion, particularly noticeable in the emperor's elbow, to offset the angles and height of the shutters' positions. . 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 Design for Organ Shutters, parts 1 & 2, by Hans Holbein the Younger
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