Holbein: Capturing Character in the Renaissance

Hans Holbein the Younger, Simon George of Cornwall (detail), ca. 1535-40, Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main.

Holbein: Capturing Character in the Renaissance is the first major presentation of the 16th-century German artist’s work in the United States. It features portraits he created for a wide range of patrons, including scholars, statesmen, and courtiers, in Switzerland and England. Holbein’s drawings and paintings, enriched by inscriptions and evocative objects, offer richly detailed visual statements of personal identity and insights into the Northern Renaissance culture of scholarship, self-definition, luxury, and wit in

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