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Wednesday, April 16, 2025

Hans Holbein

Renaissance

Painter for Basel, Switzerland

and Tudor Court of Henry VIII, England

/ / / Reformation portrait painter / illustrator

of "In Praise of Folly"

Striking portraits amazing for accurate

details and humanistic values / Christian

self-examination :

painting of Erasmus his friend and patron;

striking painting of the crucified Jesus.

Was it an altarpiece? Probably not . . .

RECOMMENDED:

video TV presentation "Great Artists TWO"

host Tim Marlow for SEVENTH Art productions

directed by Phil Grabsky


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