Hans Holbein the younger . are which hung upon his house, and his second wife,Dorothea Kannengiesser (PL 15). This new patron of Holbeins provedto be an excellent friend, giving him more than one commission, andobtaining important public work for him. Meyer was a man of in-fluence in Basel, and was the first citizen not of knightly birth tobe elected as burgomaster. His election took place in 1516, and itwas no doubt in honour of this event that he ordered the was again elected to the post in 1518 and 1520—no one was allowedto fill it for two years in succession; but in 1521 he fe
Hans Holbein the younger . are which hung upon his house, and his second wife,Dorothea Kannengiesser (PL 15). This new patron of Holbeins provedto be an excellent friend, giving him more than one commission, andobtaining important public work for him. Meyer was a man of in-fluence in Basel, and was the first citizen not of knightly birth tobe elected as burgomaster. His election took place in 1516, and itwas no doubt in honour of this event that he ordered the was again elected to the post in 1518 and 1520—no one was allowedto fill it for two years in succession; but in 1521 he fell into disgrace,through secretly accepting a higher pension from the French king thanthe laws of the city allowed. For this fie was dismissed from office, andmade to refund the money, with the exception of the fifteen crowns 1 Woltmann, 5, 6. Reproduced by Knackfuss, figs. 10, 11; Ganz, Holbein (K. der K.\pp. 10, 11. 8 Woltmann,! 11. Reproduced by Davies, pp. 44, 46 ; Knackfuss, figs. 14, 15 ; Ganz, Holbein, pp. 12, o > o *—I CL, I—I O z < X in tf W H co - S OS J ?4 o j o < Ino H o < u <1 C/2 M < <J PQ
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