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Portrait of a Young Merchant

1541, Artist: Hans Holbein d. J.

 

 

Portrait of a Young Merchant

Holbein created a new portrait style characterised by monumentality paired with extreme precision in painting. The young merchant turns to the viewer at a slight angle. Especially expressive are the physiognomy and the play of the hands that are busy with a few objects befitting to the depicted man’s occupation.

Location: Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Saal XI

Object data

Object Name

Painting

Culture

German

Dated

1541

Artist

Hans Holbein d. J. (1497 Augsburg - 1543 London) - GND

Material

oak wood (?)

Dimensions

Overall: 46,5 x 34,8 cm

Signed

1541 dated

Inscribed

Im Hintergrund die Inschrift: Im Hintergrund die Inschrift: ANNO. DNI. 1541. ETATIS. SVAE. 28

Image rights

Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Gemäldegalerie

Inv. No.

Gemäldegalerie, 905

Provenance

Coll. Leopold Wilhelm

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