Hans HolbeinGermania, 1497–1543Abdis en de Dood
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Amsterdam, Paesi Bassi
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- Fonte
- Il museo
Sull’opera
Con le parole del museo — in olandese
Een abdis wordt aan haar habijt meegesleurd door de Dood uit het klooster terwijl ze haar handen in gebed vouwt en een rozenkrans vasthoudt. De Dood draagt veren op zijn hoofd. Links op de grond staat een zandloper. In de marge boven de prent staat de tekst Ecle. IIII.
Rijksmuseum
Scheda
- Numero di inventario
- RP-P-OB-4509H(R)
Che cosa raffigura
In catalogo
Fonti
- Rijksmuseum
- Immagine: Rijksmuseum — public domain
Nel frattempo, nella vita di Hans Holbein
Tutta la vitac. 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."
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.
