HANS HOLBEIN Renaissance MASTER Art Artist Painter Christ Madonna Portraits HCDJ

by Christian Müller, Stephan Kemperdick, Maryan W. Ainsworth

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First edition

.no-subscribe { display: none} [contenteditable] { pointer-events: none; } Hans Holbein the Younger: The Basel Years, 1515–1532 by Christian Müller, Stephan Kemperdick, Maryan W. Ainsworth (Contributors) Published by Prestel (Munich/London/New York), 2006. First edition. Hardcover in very good condition, in a very good dust jacket in archival mylar wrapper. Tight binding, solid spine, clean and unmarked pages. Large quarto (4to), illustrated throughout, 526 pages. Hans Holbein the Younger, the German-Swiss master of the Northern Renaissance, transformed portraiture and religious art with his meticulous draftsmanship and psychological depth. The Basel Years, 1515–1532 captures the artist’s formative period in Switzerland, where he produced iconic works like The Body of the Dead Christ in the Tomb and the Darmstadt Madonna. This lavishly illustrated volume, co-authored by leading Holbein scholars Christian Müller, Stephan Kemperdick, and Maryan W. Ainsworth, delves into his evolution from a precocious draftsman to a court painter of unmatched precision. The book situates Holbein within Basel’s vibrant humanist circles, where he collaborated with printers like Froben and engaged with Erasmus, whose sharp-eyed portraits became synonymous with intellectual rigor. Richly detailed essays explore his fusion of Gothic tradition and Italianate innovation, while high-quality reproductions highlight his luminous palette and almost supernatural realism. For collectors, this is a cornersto

• Publisher: Prestel
• Year: 2006
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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