at Basle, both probably painted about 1530.
_MUNICH GALLERY._
DERICH BORN, OF THE STEELYARD, ABOUT 1533.
A small oval, about 3 inches high, and seen slightly more in profile
than the portrait of Born in Windsor Castle.
HOLLAND.
_THE HAGUE GALLERY._
ROBERT CHESEMAN, OF DORMANSWELL, 1533.
(See illustration and p. 56.)
PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG MAN, AGED 28, WITH A FALCON, 1541.
This splendid portrait is most likely that of an Englishman.
ITALY.
There is only one undoubted example in Italy, and that is the fine
portrait of Sir Richard Southwell in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence, of
which there is a replica in the Louvre.
SPAIN.
The single work by Holbein in Spain is a portrait of an old man, with an
unusually large nose and a very ruddy face, which is in the Prado
Gallery, Madrid. It appears to have been painted during Holbein’s first
visit to England.
SWITZERLAND.
_BASLE MUSEUM._
VIRGIN AND CHILD, 1514.
This is the earliest known work of Holbein’s, and was found in a village
near Constance. Probably painted during his journey from Augsburg to
Basle.
THE VIRGIN MARY.
ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST.
Heads only. Two early works.
THE LAST SUPPER; THE SCOURGING OF CHRIST; THE PRAYER ON THE MOUNT OF
OLIVES; CHRIST TAKEN CAPTIVE; PILATE WASHING HIS HANDS.
Five Scenes from Christ’s Passion, part of a series painted for some
temporary purpose, such as the decoration of a church during Holy Week.
A SCHOOLMASTER’S SIGN.
A board painted on both sides, representing the schoolmaster and his
wife teaching pupils, and now split into two halves.
JACOB MEYER, BURGOMASTER OF BASLE, 1516.
MEYER’S SECOND WIFE, DOROTHEA KANNEGIESSER, 1516.
ADAM AND EVE, 1517.
Heads only; oil on paper.
HANS HERBSTER, 1517.
Until recently in Lord Northbrook’s Collection, and now attributed in
Basle to Ambrose Holbein.
THE LAST SUPPER.
The side portions are missing. Broken up and badly restored in
Amerbach’s time, and again restored and badly repainted at a later date.
BONIFACIUS AMERBACH, 1519.
PORTRAIT OF HOLBEIN.
In coloured crayons. It is not absolutely certain that this fine
portrait represents the painter himself.
THE DEAD CHRIST IN THE TOMB, 1521.
DESIDERIUS ERASMUS, 1523.
In profile, writing. A study in oils for the portrait in the Louvre.
JOHANN FROBEN, THE PRINTER.
This is a copy only.
THE PASSION OF CHRIST, ABOUT 1524 OR 1525.
An altar-piece of eight small panels in one frame.
CHRIST AS THE MAN OF SORROWS.
THE VIRGIN AS MATER DOLOROSA.
Two small oil-paintings in monochrome as a diptych.
TWO DOORS OF AN ORGAN CASE.
In monochrome. Formerly in Basle Minster. Figures of the Emperor Henry
II. and his wife on one, and the Virgin and Child with Bishop Pantalus
on the other.
DOROTHEA VON OFFENBURG AS “LAIS CORINTHIACA.”
THE SAME LADY AS VENUS, WITH CUPID.
PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST’S WIFE AND TWO CHILDREN, ABOUT 1528.
DESIDERIUS ERASMUS, 1530 (?).
A small roundel, from which the Parma portrait was probably painted. It
is a companion work to the Melancthon at Hanover.
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PAINTED TABLE, 1515.
Done for the wedding of Hans Bär, in Basle. Decorated with pictures of
the amusing legend of St. Nobody, blamed in all households as the real
cause of all accidents; and letters, a pair of spectacles, and other
objects on the top, with the intention of deceiving the spectator.
MINIATURES AND DRAWINGS.
Holbein undoubtedly painted a number of miniatures, but very few of
these remain, although many are ascribed to him. Among the best are
those of the two sons of the Duke of Suffolk, Henry and Charles Brandon,
Catherine Howard, and Lady Audley, all at Windsor; others of Henry VIII.
and Jane Seymour, belonging to the Seymour family; and a portrait of
Holbein in the Wallace Collection.
The finest collections of drawings are those in Windsor Castle and the
Basle and British Museums. Some good designs for jewellery will be found
at Chatsworth.
CHRONOLOGY OF THE ARTIST’S LIFE
1497. Born in Augsburg.
1514. Left Augsburg. Date of his first known
picture.
1515. Settled in Basle with his brother Ambrose.
1517. Living in Lucerne. Visited Altdorf.
1518. Painted Hertenstein’s house in Lucerne.
1519. Back in Basle. Admitted to the Painters
Guild.
1520. Paid his fees as a burgher of Basle.
1521-22. Decorated the interior of new Town Hall.
1526. Painted _The Meyer Madonna_ about this
time. Left Basle, and reached England
before the end of the year.
1528. Returned to Basle in the summer, and
bought a house.
1532. Returned to England, and lived with the
German colony in London.
1536. In King Henry’s service.
1537. Painted the fresco in the Privy Chamber
at Whitehall.
1538. Went to Brussels to paint the Duchess of
Milan. Made a second journey to
“Upper Burgundy” in December, and
spent a short time in Basle. The
_Dance of Death_ and _Old Testament_
woodcuts published.
1539. Went in August to Düren to paint Anne of
Cleves.
1542. Began the large picture in Barber Surgeons’
Hall.
1543. Died, probably of the plague, on some day
between October 7 and November 29.
CHIEF BOOKS ON HOLBEIN
BLANC, CHARLES. Jean Holbein (dit le Jeune). Histoire des Peintres de
toutes les Ecoles. 1860.
CUST, LIONEL. Dictionary of National Biography.
HIS, EDOUARD. Dessins d’Ornements d’Hans Holbein. 1886.
KNACKFUSS, H. Holbein, translated by Campbell Dodgson, with 151
illustrations. 1899.
The latest and most accurate life, containing illustrations of a larger
number of Holbein’s portraits than in any other work.
KUGLER. Handbook of Painting--German, Flemish, and Dutch Schools.
Revised by Sir J. A. Crowe. Vol. I., pp. 198-218. 1898.
LAW, ERNEST. Holbein’s Pictures at Windsor Castle. 1901.
MANTZ, PAUL. Hans Holbein, folio, Paris. 1879.
The best illustrated book on the artist, containing reproductions of the
whole of the _Dance of Death_ and _Old Testament_ woodcuts, and the
marginal drawings to _The Praise of Folly_.
ROUSSEAU, JEAN. Hans Holbein. Bibliothèque d’Art Ancien. 1885.
RUSKIN, JOHN. Ariadne Florentina. Lecture V. “Design in the German
Schools of Engraving (Holbein and Dürer).” 1872.
RUSKIN, JOHN. “Sir Joshua and Holbein.” _Cornhill Magazine_, March,
1860.
WOLTMANN, ALFRED. Holbein und seine Zeit. Second Edition, 2 vols.
1874-76.
This is the leading work on Holbein.
WOLTMANN, ALFRED. Holbein and his Time. Translation of the first edition
by F. E. Bunnett, with 60 illustrations. 1872.
WORNUM, R. N. Some Account of the Life and Work of Hans Holbein. 1867.
WORNUM, R. N. Hans Holbein and the Meier Madonna. Arundel Society.
1871.
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