Holbein

[ hohl-bahyn; German hawl-bahyn ]

/ ˈhoʊl baɪn; German ˈhɔl baɪn /

noun

Hans

[hahns] /hɑns/, the elder,1465?–1524, German painter.

his sonHansthe younger,1497?–1543, German painter who worked chiefly in England.

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Example sentences from the Web for holbein

He even sent the artist Holbein abroad to paint potential lovers.
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And though Holbein knew the pinch of narrow means, he had no lack of good cheer as well as austere food in his art.
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We stood up to the dark, long portraits of the extinguished race—one was a Holbein—and looked them in their sidelong eyes.
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But it is a typically round German head of the strong mold that you see in the pictures of Durer and Holbein.
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Sandrart, whose work was published in 1675, also mentions the paintings of Holbein at Whitehall.
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And Holbein could but devote himself to designs for the printers and for goldsmiths.
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British Dictionary definitions for holbein

Holbein

/ (German ˈhɔlbain) /

noun

Hans (hans), known as Holbein the Elder. 1465– 1524, German painter

his son, Hans, known as Holbein the Younger. 1497–1543, German painter and engraver; court painter to Henry VIII of England (1536–43). He is noted particularly for his portraits, such as those of Erasmus (1524; 1532) and Sir Thomas More (1526)

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