The Dance of Death: The Cardinal; The Empress
Hans Holbein the Younger (German, active England and Switzerland, 1497/98–1543) · c. 1526 · woodcut
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The Dance of Death: The Cardinal; The Empress is a CC0 illustration by Hans Holbein the Younger (German, active England and Switzerland, 1497/98–1543), dated c. 1526. Woodcut. The file comes from Cleveland Museum of Art.
“The Dance of Death: The Cardinal; The Empress” (c. 1526) 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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