Marskramer en de Dood
À propos de l’œuvre
Selon le musée — en néerlandais
Een marskramer loopt met een grote mand koopwaar op zijn rug en hij wordt tegengehouden door de Dood die hem aan zijn mouw trekt. Achter het tweetal staat een skelet op een strijkinstrument te spelen. Naast de marskramer loopt een hond. In de marge boven de prent staat de tekst Matth. XI.
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
Notice
- Numéro d’inventaire
- RP-P-OB-4509S(R)
Pendant ce temps, chez Hans Holbein
La vie entièrec. 1522
Son born: Philipp Holbein I
1524
Journey to France
He visited France, probably in search of work at the court of Francis I; there he may have seen the portrait drawings of Jean Clouet, whose technique of drawing in colored chalks he adopted.
1526
Departure for England on Erasmus's Recommendation
On the advice of Erasmus of Rotterdam he set out for England in search of work, visiting France and the Netherlands on the way; Erasmus recommended him to Thomas More.
1526
Received into Thomas More's Humanist Circle
In England he was received by Sir Thomas More, who found him a series of commissions; in the humanist circle Holbein quickly won a high reputation. More wrote to Erasmus: "Your painter is a wonderful artist."
August 1528
Return to Basel, Purchase of a House
He returned to Basel and bought a house in the St. Johanns-Vorstadt, becoming a neighbor of the publisher Hieronymus Froben; in 1531, having grown wealthy from his English commissions, he bought the adjoining house as well.
