File:Two Skulls in a Window Niche, by Hans or Ambrosius Holbein.jpg

Page contents not supported in other languages.
This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Original file ‎(2,184 × 2,838 pixels, file size: 2.69 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Summary

Author
Hans Holbein the Younger  (1497/1498–1543)  wikidata:Q48319 s:it:Autore:Hans Holbein il Giovane q:it:Hans Holbein il Giovane
 
Hans Holbein the Younger
Alternative names
Hans Holbein der Jüngere, Hans Holbein
Description -German painter and drawer
Date of birth/death 1497 or 1498
date QS:P,+1497-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1497-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1498-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
 between 7 October 1543 and 29 November 1543
date QS:P,+1543-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1319,+1543-10-07T00:00:00Z/11,P1326,+1543-11-29T00:00:00Z/11
Location of birth/death Augsburg London
Work location
Basel (1515-1526), Lucerne (1515-1526), Venice (1515), Bologna (1515), Florence (1515), Rome (1515), Venice (1517-1518), Bologna (1517-1518), Florence (1517-1518), Rome (1517-1518), London (1526-1528), Basel (1528-1532), London (1532-1543)
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q48319
or
Ambrosius Holbein  (1494–1519)  wikidata:Q123732
 
Ambrosius Holbein
Alternative names
Ambrosy Holbein; Ambrosius Prosy Holbein; Ambrose Holbein
Description German painter, drawer and printmaker
Date of birth/death 1494 Edit this at Wikidata after 1519
date QS:P,+1519-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1519-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Location of birth/death Augsburg Basel
Work location
Lake Constance, Basel
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q123732
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Description
English: Two Skulls in a Window Niche. Oil on limewood, 33 × 25 cm, Kunstmuseum Basel.

Scholars are divided on the attribition of this work. Stephan Kemperdick, for example, contends that Hans Holbein is the likelier author, while John Rowlands rejects it as by Hans and tentatively attributes it to Ambrosius. Jochen Sander believes that no firm attribution can be made. References

  • Christian Müller; Stephan Kemperdick; Maryan Ainsworth; et al, Hans Holbein the Younger: The Basel Years, 1515–1532, Munich: Prestel, 2006, ISBN 9783791335803, pp. 220–21.
  • John Rowlands, Holbein: The Paintings of Hans Holbein the Younger, Boston: David R. Godine, 1985, ISBN 0879235780, p. 229.
Date c.1520
Source/Photographer Christian Müller; Stephan Kemperdick; Maryan Ainsworth; et al, Hans Holbein the Younger: The Basel Years, 1515–1532, Munich: Prestel, 2006, ISBN 9783791335803.

Licensing

This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason:
Public domain

This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer.

You must also include a United States public domain tag to indicate why this work is in the public domain in the United States.
This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.
The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain".
This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States. In other jurisdictions, re-use of this content may be restricted; see Reuse of PD-Art photographs for details.

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Items portrayed in this file

depicts

media type

image/jpeg

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current18:49, 9 April 2009Thumbnail for version as of 18:49, 9 April 20092,184 × 2,838 (2.69 MB)Qp10qp{{Information |Description={{en|1='''''Two Skulls in a Window Niche'''''. Oil on limewood, {{nowrap|33 × 25 cm}}, Kunstmuseum Basel. Scholars are divided on the attribition of this work. Stephan Kemperdick believes that Hans Holb
The following pages on the English Wikipedia use this file (pages on other projects are not listed):

Metadata

This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it.

If the file has been modified from its original state, some details may not fully reflect the modified file.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Two_Skulls_in_a_Window_Niche,_by_Hans_or_Ambrosius_Holbein.jpg"