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Holbein, Hans the Elder (1465c.-1524) - 1490c. Death of the Virgin (Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest)

Hans Holbein the Elder was a German painter. He and his brother Sigismund Holbein painted religious works in the late Gothic style. Hans the Elder was a pioneer and leader in the transformation of German art from the Gothic to the Renaissance style.

 

He was also a woodcut artist and an illustrator of books, and was a church window designer. His sons Hans Holbein the Younger and Ambrosius Holbein had their first painting lessons from him.

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Holbein_the_Elder

 

 

 

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