File:Unidentified Man, workshop of Hans Holbein the Younger.jpg

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Summary

Hans Holbein the Younger: Hans of Antwerp   
Artist
Hans Holbein the Younger  (1497/1498–1543)    
 
Alternative names
Hans Holbein der Jüngere, Hans Holbein
Description -German painter and drawer
Date of birth/death 1497 or 1498
date QS:P,+1497-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1497-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1498-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
 between 7 October 1543 and 29 November 1543
date QS:P,+1543-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1319,+1543-10-07T00:00:00Z/11,P1326,+1543-11-29T00:00:00Z/11
Location of birth/death Augsburg London
Work location
Basel (1515-1526), Lucerne (1515-1526), Venice (1515), Bologna (1515), Florence (1515), Rome (1515), Venice (1517-1518), Bologna (1517-1518), Florence (1517-1518), Rome (1517-1518), London (1526-1528), Basel (1528-1532), London (1532-1543)
Authority file
  • : Q48319
  • VIAF: 4945401
  • ISNI: 0000000120987816
  • ULAN: 500005259
  • LCCN: n81117179
  • NLA: 36275979
  • WorldCat
creator QS:P170,Q48319
 
Title
Hans of Antwerp 
title QS:P1476,en:"Hans of Antwerp "
label QS:Len,"Hans of Antwerp "
Object type painting 
Genre portrait 
Description
English: Portrait of the goldsmith and merchant, Hans (John) of Antwerp (born c. 1497).
Depicted people Hans of Antwerp 
Date circa  
Medium oil on panel 
Dimensions diameter: 13.1 cm (5.1 in) 
dimensions QS:P2386,+13.1U174728
institution QS:P195,Q213322
Accession number
P.158-1910 (Victoria and Albert Museum) 
Inscriptions

center in gold:

ETATIS · // ·SVÆ · 35 ·
[at the age of 35]
Notes
English: The sitter has been identified as the goldsmith Hans (John) of Antwerp. The same man, probably a merchant of the Steelyard, is depicted in a painting by Holbein in the Royal Collection.

Reference
  • Cleland, Elizabeth; Eaker, Adam; Wieseman, Marjorie E.; Bochicchio, Sarah (2022). The Tudors: Art and Majesty in Renaissance England. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. ISBN 9781588396921, p. 130: "Holbein had portrayed Van der Gow in 1532, firmly documenting the goldsmith's association with the Steelyard by naming it in the inscription on the letter held in the sitter's hands."
  • Foister, Susan (2006) Holbein in England, London: Tate. ISBN 1854376454, p. 116: "it is conceivable that he was both a merchant and a goldsmith."
References
  • V&A item ID: O78675 
  • Art UK artwork ID: hans-of-antwerp-b-c-1497-30715 
Source/Photographer Foister, Susan (2006) Holbein in England, London: Tate. ISBN 1854376454, p. 116.
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Hans of Antwerp, c. 1532, by Hans Holbein the Younger

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