Hans Holbein the Elder

[German Northern Renaissance Painter, ca.1465-1524]

• Relationships:	Father of Hans Holbein the Younger and Ambrosius Holbein. Holbein's studio assistants included Leonhard Beck.
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Paintings in Museums and Public Art Galleries:

Alte Pinakothek, Munich, Germany

Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Portrait of the Artist's Sons, ca.1514-15

Kunsthistorisches Museum Databank, Vienna (in German)

Hans Holbein the Elder at the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
2 works by Hans Holbein the Elder

Art Fund for UK Museums
Head of a Woman in a Whimple Head-Dress, 1500

Drawings from the Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland
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Musée d'Unterlinden, Colmar, France (in French)
Portrait of a Woman

Staatsgalerie Stuttgart (in German)

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Olga's Gallery

Hans Holbein the Elder at The Athenaeum
4 works online by Holbein

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Union List of Artist Names (Getty Museum)
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Time Magazine
"Clear Eye, Flawless Touch: The unsurpassed portrait drawings of Holbein", 1983 article by Robert Hughes

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