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Definition of Holbein
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).
2. Noun. German painter of religious works (1465-1524).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Holbein
Literary usage of Holbein
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A.L.A. Portrait Index: Index to Portraits Contained in Printed Books and by American Library Association (1906)
"Holbein HOLAND, Thomas de, 9th earl of Kent, a/to. l.,t duke of Surrey, ...
1515 (with his brother Hans) WOLTMANN, Holbein and his time (1872) front. ..."
2. Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings edited by John Denison Champlin, Charles Callahan Perkins (1887)
"German school ; history painter, son and pupil of Hans Holbein the elder, ...
He took his great namesake, Hans Holbein the younger, for his model ; became ..."
3. Dictionary of Painters and Engravers: Biographical and Critical by Michael Bryan (1886)
"Life and Works of Hans Holbein : ' Edinburgh Review ' April 1807. ... Among the
drawings at Berlin is a head of Sigmund Holbein, by Hans Holbein the younger ..."
4. First Proofs of the Universal Catalogue of Books on Art: Compiled for the by Henry Cole, John Hungerford Pollen, Great Britain Dept. of Science and Art (1870)
"Vue du peintre Jean Holbein, traduit de l'allemand d'Auguste Lewald, par Frédéric
... Holbein at the National Portrait Exhibition. By Dr. Alfred Weltmann. ..."
5. History of Painting by Alfred Woltmann, Karl Woermann, Sidney Colvin (1887)
"It is one of those presented to the nation from the collection of the late Prince
Consort.] IV. HANS Holbein THE YOUNGER and his brother ..."
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