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  • 1Holbein the Elder — noun German painter of religious works (1465 1524) • Syn: ↑Holbein, ↑Hans Holbein • Instance Hypernyms: ↑old master …

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  • 2Hans Holbein (The Elder) —     Hans Holbein     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Hans Holbein     (The Elder Holbein)     A German painter; b. at Augsburg about 1460; d. at Isenheim, Alsace, in 1524. Except that he was born in the Bavarian centre of art, culture, and commerce,… …

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  • 3Hans Holbein the Elder — Hans Holbein (c. 1460 ndash; 1524) was a German painter. [cite web|url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07385a.htm|title=Hans Holbein|work=Catholic Encyclopedia |accessdate=2007 02 18] He was born in Augsburg, Bavaria and died in las angeles,… …

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  • 4Holbein the Younger, Hans — (1497/1498 1543)    German painter from Augsburg, trained by his father Hans Holbein the Elder, who was also a painter. In c. 1514, Holbein the Younger went to Basel where he entered the workshop of Hans Herbster. There he gained a reputation as… …

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  • 5Holbein, Hans, The Elder — ▪ German painter born c. 1465, Imperial Free City of Augsburg [Germany] died 1524, Isenheim, Alsace [now in France]       German painter associated with the Augsburg school. He was the senior member of a family of painters that included his… …

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  • 6Holbein, Hans, the Elder —  (c. 1460–1524) German painter and father of Hans Holbein the Younger (1497–1543), court painter to Henry VIII of England …

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  • 7Hans Holbein the Younger — (c. 1497 ndash; between 7 October and 29 November 1543) was a German artist and printmaker who worked in a Northern Renaissance style. He is best known for his numerous portraits and his woodcut series of the Dance of Death , and is widely… …

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  • 8Holbein (surname) — Holbein is a surname of Germanic origin. It appears to mean hollow leg ( Hol + ); however, it could also have originally meant hollow bone or perhaps even have evolved from Holzbein , which could mean wooden leg or wooden bone .Some notable… …

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  • 9Lucas Cranach the Elder — Portrait of Lucas Cranach the Elder at age 77 by Lucas Cranach the Younger (1550), at the Uffizi Gallery, Florence Birth name Lucas Maler …

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  • 10Holbein — [hōl′bīn] 1. Hans 1465? 1524; Ger. painter: called the Elder 2. Hans 1497? 1543; Ger. portrait painter in England: son of Hans Holbein (the Elder): called the Younger …

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