NOUN
- German painter and engraver noted for his portraits; he was commissioned by Henry VIII to provide portraits of the English king's prospective brides (1497-1543)
- German painter of religious works (1465-1524)
How To Use Hans Holbein In A Sentence
- The new gallery of British portrait miniatures, including this depiction of Jane Small by Hans Holbein, opens on 2 March.
- His work has proved difficult to define within the artistic milieu of Hans Holbein the elder's workshop.
- Hans Holbein, a German painter, came to England in 1526 to make his fortune as a portraitist. Vanora Bennett - An interview with author
- In a print by Hans Holbein the Younger, datable probably to the 1530s, Erasmus stands behind a bust of Terminus, the scholar and the sculpture framed by an arch supported by herms of mature men.
- The Ambassadors is the representative piece of works of Hans Holbein of Younger, who is one of the outstanding German painters in the period of the Renaissance.
