Definition of Holbein the younger

1. Noun. German painter and engraver noted for his portraits; he was commissioned by Henry VIII to provide portraits of the English king's prospective brides (1497-1543).

Exact synonyms: Hans Holbein, Holbein
Generic synonyms: Engraver, Old Master

Lexicographical Neighbors of Holbein The Younger

Hokan
Hokeday
Hokey Cokey
Hokie
Hokies
Hokkaido
Hokkianese
Hokkien
Hokusai
Holargos
Holarrhena
Holarrhena antidysenterica
Holarrhena pubescens
Holbein
Holbein the Elder
Holbein the Younger
Holbrookia
Holcus
Holcus lanatus
Holcus mollis
Hold 'em
Holden's line
Holi
Holiness
Holinesses
Holl's ligament
Holland
Holland gin
Hollander
Hollander test

Literary usage of Holbein the younger

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings edited by John Denison Champlin, Charles Callahan Perkins (1887)
"He took his great namesake, Hans holbein the younger, for his model ; became professor at Berlin Academy, where his most famous pupil was Gustav Richter. ..."

2. The Rhine from Rotterdam to Constance: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1884)
"Holbein the Younger (?), Man with a sick child. — CAB. VII.: 204. Gerard Terburg, Woman drinking ... Holbein the Younger, Simon George of Cornwall ; 97. ..."

3. History of Painting by Alfred Woltmann, Karl Woermann, Sidney Colvin (1887)
"HANS holbein the younger and his brother ... Hans holbein the younger is in fact a glory not only to Germany but to Europe, and ranks with ..."

4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"... loef assigned, in consequence of a forged inscription, to Hans Holbein the younger. A diptych, with a Virgin and Child, and a portrait of u old man, ..."

5. Holbein and His Times by Alfred Woltmann, Fanny Elizabeth Bunnett (1872)
"Hans holbein the younger.—The year of his birth.—The Augsburg inscription.—Opposing statements.—Portrait of him at Berlin when fourteen years old. ..."

6. The Life and Death of Cardinal Wolseyby George Cavendish by George Cavendish (1905)
"LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS THOMAS WOLSEY, Cardinal FRONTISPIECE From the painting assumed to be by Hans Holbein, the younger. In tht possession of Christ Church, ..."

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