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Hans Holbein, le Jeune
(1497 - 9th Dec, 1543)
Etudes d'une main et d'une tête pour le portrait d'Erasme
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Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais (musée du Louvre) / image RMN-GP
musée du Louvre
http://www.louvre.fr
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Keywords:
finger
hand (human body)
body parts study
head (human body)
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About the artwork
Title:
Etudes d'une main et d'une tête pour le portrait d'Erasme
Periods:
renaissance
16th century
Techniques:
black chalk
coloured pencil
sanguine
silver tip
grey prepared paper
papier filigrané
Dimensions:
201 x 281
Inventory number:
INV18698-recto
Detail:
Portrait réalisé en 1523
Location:
musée du Louvre
About the author(s)
Author:
Hans Holbein, le Jeune
Also known as:
Hans Holbein the younger
Born:
1497
Dead:
9th Dec, 1543
Country:
Allemagne
See more about this author on Wikipedia:
Hans Holbein the Younger
(c. 1497 – between 7 October and 29 November 1543) was a German artist and printmaker who worked in a Northern Renaissance style. He is best known as one of the greatest portraitists of the 16th century. He also produced religious art, satire, and Reformation propaganda, and 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…
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