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Holbein, Hans the Elder

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

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Painter, born Augsburg, Germany, c.1460;died Isenheim, 1524. Little is known of his life. In art he was influenced by Roger Van der Weyden, and as an excellent painter of religious subjects he is well represented in the galleries of Germany. His masterpiece is "The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian" in the Old Pinakothek of Munich. Father of Hans Holbein the Younger.

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Entry for 'Holbein, Hans the Elder'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​h/holbein-hans-the-elder.html. 1910.
 
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