Hans Holbein the Elder Works Online
Categorized & Annotated
Paintings in Museums and Public Art Galleries Worldwide:
 Alte Pinakothek, Munich, Germany
Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Portrait of the Artist's Sons, ca.1514-15
Kunsthistorisches Museum Databank, Vienna (in German) 
Louvre Museum Graphic Art Database, Paris (in French)
Hans Holbein at the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
2 works by Hans Holbein the Elder
Drawings from the Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan
Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland
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Musée d'Unterlinden, Colmar, France (mostly in French)
Portrait de femme, ca.1510
Staatsgalerie Stuttgart (in German)
Madonna with Child and an Augustinian Canon as Donor
Statens Museum for Kunst (National Gallery of Denmark), Copenhagen
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Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid
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National Art Databases and Museum Inventories:
Art Fund for UK Museums
Head of a Woman in a Whimple Head-Dress, 1500
Art Market:
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Artarchiv Sample Artist Symbols + Monograms
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Pictures from Image Archives:
Hans Holbein in the Art Renewal Center
Hans Holbein at The Athenaeum 
25 works online by Holbein
Hans Holbein in the Web Gallery of Art 
Wikimedia Commons Image Database
Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur (in German)
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California State University WorldImages Database
Humanities Web 
Olga's Gallery
State Hermitage Museum Unofficial Site
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Articles and Reference Sites:
Encyclopedia Britannica complete article on Hans Holbein 
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Grove Dictionary of Art Online (excerpt)
Union List of Artist Names (Getty Museum)
Reference sheet with basic information about the artist and pointers to other references.
Wikipedia, the "Open Content" Encyclopedia
Biographical info
Time Magazine
"Clear Eye, Flawless Touch: The unsurpassed portrait drawings of Holbein", 1983 article by Robert Hughes
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