This time he worked under the patronage of Anne Boleyn and Thomas Cromwell. After returning to Basel for four years, he resumed his career in England in 1532. He was welcomed into the humanist circle of Thomas More, where he quickly built a high reputation. Holbein travelled to England in 1526 in search of work, with a recommendation from Erasmus. The result was a combined aesthetic uniquely his own. His Late Gothic style was enriched by artistic trends in Italy, France and the Netherlands, as well as by Renaissance humanism. When the Reformation reached Basel, Holbein worked for reformist clients while continuing to serve traditional religious patrons.
He also painted the occasional portrait, making his international mark with portraits of the humanist Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam.
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At first he painted murals and religious works and designed for stained glass windows and printed books. He is called "the Younger" to distinguish him from his father, Hans Holbein the Elder, an accomplished painter of the Late Gothic school.īorn in Augsburg, Holbein worked mainly in Basel as a young artist. He also produced religious art, satire and Reformation propaganda, and made a significant contribution to the history of book design. He is best known as one of the greatest portraitists of the 16th century. Hans Holbein the Younger (German: Hans Holbein der Jüngere) (c. 1497 – between 7 October and 29 November 1543) was a German artist and printmaker who worked in a Northern Renaissance style.
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