HANS HOLBEIN THE YOUNGER
Hans Holbein the Younger.
Coloured Chalks. Basel Museum
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 LITTLE BOOKS ON ART
GENERAL EDITOR: CYRIL DAVENPORT
 
 
HOLBEIN
 
BY
BEATRICE FORTESCUE
 
 
 
WITH FORTY-SIX ILLUSTRATIONS
 
METHUEN & CO.
36 ESSEX STREET W.C.
LONDON
 
First published in 1904
 
CONTENTS.
 
 CHAPTER I.

HOLBEIN'S PERIOD, PARENTAGE, AND EARLY WORK

Historical epoch and antecedents—Special conditions and characterof early Christian art—Ideals and influence of the monk—Holbein'srelation to mediæval schools—His father, uncle, and Augsburghome—Probable dates for his birth and his father's death—Troublesand dispersion of the Augsburg household—From Augsburg to Basel—Hisbrother Ambrose—Erasmus and the Praise of Folly; someerroneous impressions of both—Erasmus and Holbein no Protestants atheart—Holbein and the Bible—Illustrated Vernacular Bibles incirculation before Luther and Holbein were born—Holbein's earliestBasel oil-paintings—Direct and indirect education—Historical,geographical, and scientific revolutions of his day—Beginning ofhis connection with the Burgomaster of Basel—Jacob Meyer zumHasen—Holbein's woodcuts—His studies from nature—Sudden visitto Lucerne—Italian influence on his art—Work for the Burgomasterof Lucerne
 
 
CHAPTER II.

HOLBEIN BASILIENSIS (1519-1526)

Holbein Basiliensis—Enters the Painters' Guild—BonifaciusAmerbach and his portrait—The Last Supper and its Judas—The so-called"Fountain of Life" at Lisbon—Genius for design and symbolism inarchitecture—Versatility, humour, fighting scenes—Holbein becomes acitizen and marries—Basel in 1519—Froben's circle—Tremendous eventsand issues of the time—Holbein's religious works—The Nativity andAdoration at Freiburg—Hans Oberriedt—The Basel Passion in eightpanels—Passion Drawings—Christ in the tomb—Christ and Mary Magdalenat the door of the sepulchre—Rathaus wall-paintings—Birth ofHolbein's eldest child—The Solothurn Madonna: its discovery andrescue—Holbein's wife and her portraits—Suggested solutions ofsome biographical enigmas—Title pages—Portraits of Erasmus—Journeyto France, probably to Lyons and Avignon—Publishers and pictures ofthe so-called "Dance of Death"—Dorothea Offenburg as Venus and LaïsCorinthiaca—Triumph of the Protestant party—Holbein decides toleave Basel for                        
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