File:Hans Holbein the Younger (1497-8-1543) - A Merchant of the German Steelyard, 'Hans of Antwerp' - RCIN 404443 - Royal Collection.jpg

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Hans Holbein the Younger: A Merchant of the German Steelyard: 'Hans of Antwerp'  wikidata:Q28030274 reasonator:Q28030274
Artist
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)
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creator QS:P170,Q48319
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Title
A Merchant of the German Steelyard: 'Hans of Antwerp' Edit this at Wikidata
title QS:P1476,en:"A Merchant of the German Steelyard: 'Hans of Antwerp' Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Len,"A Merchant of the German Steelyard: 'Hans of Antwerp' Edit this at Wikidata"
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre portrait Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: A portrait of a man, possibly a merchant of the Steelyard, in an expensive but understated fur-lined gown and doublet.
Depicted people Hans of Antwerp Edit this at Wikidata
Date after September 1532
Medium oil on panel Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions height: 63 cm (24.8 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 48.4 cm (19 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+63.0U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+48.4U174728
institution QS:P195,Q1459037
Current location
institution QS:P195,Q42646
Accession number
RCIN 404443 (Royal Collection) Edit this at Wikidata
Inscriptions

bottom right:

Dem Ersamen H / . An. .werpen / Stallhof zu
[To the honorable H(ans of) / An(t)werp / (at the) Steelyard to (give)]
letter in sitter's hands bottom right:
Anno Dm̃ 1532 auf 26 Julii / Ætatis suæ 33?
[In the year of Our Lord 1532 on 26 July / at the age of 33?]
paper on table bottom right on seal: a mark made of a circle and crossed lines
Notes
English: The painting is damaged by four large cracks and much repainting, but, according to art historian John Rowlands, Holbein's fine work is evident in the features, beard, shirt, and hands.

Hans (or John) of Antwerp was a goldsmith and friend of Holbein, who was at his deathbed and carried out the terms of his will.[1] He has been identified as the possible sitter from the damaged inscription, which also mentions the Hanseatic merchants' Steelyard, where he may have worked as a goldsmith or a merchant or both.[2][3][4] The scholarship on the sitter's identity is not, however, conclusive. The same man is depicted in a roundel after Holbein.
References

  1. ↑ Wilson, Derek (2006). Hans Holbein: Portrait of an Unknown Man. London: Pimlico, (revised ed). ISBN 9781844139187, p. 278.
  2. ↑ Rowlands, John (1985). Holbein: The Paintings of Hans Holbein the Younger. Boston: David R. Godine. ISBN 0879235780, pp. 136–137 (cat. 36).
  3. ↑ Foister, Susan (2006). Holbein in England. London: Tate. ISBN 1854376454, p. 116: "it is conceivable that he was both a merchant and a goldsmith."
  4. ↑ Cleland, Elizabeth; Eaker, Adam; Wieseman, Marjorie E.; Bochicchio, Sarah (2022). The Tudors: Art and Majesty in Renaissance England. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. ISBN 9781588396921, p. 130: "Holbein had portrayed Van der Gow in 1532, firmly documenting the goldsmith's association with the Steelyard by naming it in the inscription on the letter held in the sitter's hands."
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