Holbein and the Renaissance in the North

Hans Holbein the Younger, Solothurn Madonna (detail), 1522, acquired from the Solothurn Art Association. Photo: David Aebi, Bern.

Holbein and the Renaissance in the North, produced jointly with the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, brings together the most important paintings, drawings and prints of Holbein the Elder and Burgkmair, works by other Augsburg artists from the period from around 1480 to 1530, and prominent works by their colleagues active elsewhere in Germany, Italy and the Netherlands. Masters such as Albrecht Dürer, Donatello, Jan van Eyck and Hugo van der Goes had a lasting impact on the art of Holbein the Elder and Burgkmair. Uniting 180 important works from leading international museum collections, the show offers an overview of the various stylistic particularities of Northern Renaissance painting. A highlight of the Frankfurt show is the inclusion of the two masterworks by Hans Holbein the Younger: “The Madonna of Mayor Jacob Meyer zum Hasen” (1526–1528) from the Würth Collection and the “Solothurn Madonna” (1522) from the Kunstmuseum Solothurn.

The website includes an eye-catching online exhibition and the exhibition audio guide.