Hans Holbein the Younger

German · 1497–1543

German RenaissanceNorthern Renaissance

He worked in a Northern Renaissance style, and is considered one of the greatest portraitists of the 16th century.

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life: 1497–1543life
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Hans Holbein the Younger · National Gallery of Art

Portrait of a Young Man

Hans Holbein the Younger · National Gallery of Art

Who Hans Holbein the Younger was

Hans Holbein the Younger was a German painter and printmaker active in Switzerland and England. He worked in a Northern Renaissance style, and is considered one of the greatest portraitists of the 16th century. He also produced religious art, satire, and Reformation propaganda, and he made a significant contribution to the history of book design. He is called "the Younger" to distinguish him from his father Hans Holbein the Elder, an accomplished painter of the Late Gothic school.

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