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HOLBEIN, Hans the Elder
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Death of the Virgin (detail) f
Painting ID:: 7513
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HOLBEIN, Hans the Elder
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(b. 1460/65, Augsburg, d. 1524, Isenheim
was a German painter. He was born in Augsburg, Bavaria and died in Isenheim, Alsace. He and his brother Sigismund Holbein painted religious works in the late Gothic style. Hans the Elder was a pioneer and leader in the transformation of German art from the Gothic to the Renaissance style. He was also a woodcut artist and an illustrator of books, and was a church window designer. |
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Death of the Virgin (detail) f |
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c. 1490
Tempera on oak panel
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest |
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