Hans Holbein the Elder, c 1460 – 1524, was a German painter and draftsman active chiefly in Augsburg. He was probably born in Augsburg and became one of the leading painters of the late Gothic and early Renaissance period in southern Germany. His workshop produced altarpieces, devotional panels, portraits, and drawings for Augsburg patrons and religious institutions.
Holbein worked in a style shaped by late Gothic panel painting, Netherlandish realism, and early Renaissance design. His major works include the Grey Passion, the Saint Sebastian Altarpiece, portraits of Augsburg sitters, and drawings in silverpoint and other media. He was the father and teacher of Ambrosius Holbein and Hans Holbein the Younger.
His works are held by the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Alte Pinakothek, Gemäldegalerie Berlin, Städel Museum, Museum of Fine Arts Budapest, Condé Museum, Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Statens Museum for Kunst, and other European collections.
Self-Portrait, c 1516
Silverpoint, sanguine and paper, 5.1 x 3.9 in
Condé Museum, Chantilly
Ambrosius Holbein and Hans Holbein, 1493
Silverpoint on paper, 4.1 x 6.1 in
Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin
Christ before Pilate, c 1494–1500
Oil on spruce panel, 35.1 x 34.4 in
Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart
The Dormition of the Virgin, c 1495–1500
Oil on oak panel, 59.1 x 90 in
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
Portrait of Katharina Schwarz with the Attributes of Saint Catherine, 1509
Tempera on panel, 15.6 x 11.2 in
Friedenstein Foundation Gotha, Gotha
Portrait of a Woman, c 1510
Oil on wood, 12.2 x 8.2 in
Unterlinden Museum, Colmar
The Head of a Crossbowman Taking Aim, 1514–1515
Silverpoint, ink and white bodycolor on prepared paper, 4.7 x 3.8 in
Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen
Saint Thekla, c 1516
Oil on panel, 48.8 x 27.2 in
Cathedral Treasury Museum, Freising
Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian, c 1516
Oil on panel, 60.2 x 42.1 in
Alte Pinakothek, Munich
Portrait of a Man, c 1518–1520
Oil on panel, 9.3 x 6.6 in
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid
Madonna with the Sleeping Christ Child, c 1519–1521
Oil on panel, 29 x 22 in
Gemäldegalerie, Berlin
Portrait of a Member of the Weiss Family of Augsburg, 1522
Oil on panel, 16.4 x 13.8 in
Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main
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