Design for Swiss Heraldic Arms
Hans Holbein, the younger · n.d. · Pen and black ink and brush and brown ink and brown wash on ivory wove card
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About this picture
Design for Swiss Heraldic Arms is a public-domain drawing by Hans Holbein, the younger, dated n.d.. Pen and black ink and brush and brown ink and brown wash on ivory wove card. The file comes from Art Institute of Chicago.
“Design for Swiss Heraldic Arms” (n.d.) records a face and a costume with very little flattery, which is how Holbein painted the Tudor court.
About the artist
Hans Holbein the Younger (1497–1543) was a German painter who became portraitist to Henry VIII. The drawings and paintings record costume and face with very little flattery.
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