Postcard Hans Holbein Le Jeune - Portrait of Erasmus of Rotterdam Writing, 1528

IC003933
HANS HOLBEIN THE YOUNGER (1497-1543)
Portrait of Erasmus writing (detail), 1528.
Oil on wood (basswood). H. 43 ; W. 33 cm. Paris, Louvre Museum.
© Photo GrandPalaisRmn (musée du Louvre) /M. Urtado.
© 2024.
Made in France.
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Characteristics

Maintenance
Store in a dry place, protected by a case or plastic bag
Artist
Hans Holbein le jeune (1497-1543)
Art movements
Renaissance, 16th century, Dutch paintings
Material of the original work
Huile sur bois (tilleul)
Themes
Portrait, Made in France
Reference
IC003933
EAN
3336727151815
Matière de l'article
Paper
Model dimensions
10cm x 15cm
Package Dimensions
10cm x 15cm
Conservation museum
Paris - Musée du Louvre

The work and its artist

Hans Holbein le jeune (1497-1543)

Hans Holbein le jeune (1497-1543)

Hans Holbein the Younger, a Renaissance painter and engraver, was born in Augsburg, Bavaria. The son and younger brother of painters, he trained in the family workshop, one of the most renowned in the city, from an early age. Originally based in Basel, Switzerland, he created portraits of the high bourgeois merchants and men of letters. A trip to France allowed Hans Holbein the Younger to discover Leonardo da Vinci and his famous "three-pencil" technique, consisting of drawing portraits in black ink, blood and white chalk. He then moved to London where he continued to portray the elites of the time. His art combines meticulousness and mastery of human expressions, as evidenced by The Ambassadors (1533), one of his major works.

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