Drawings (1515-30)
by Hans HOLBEIN the Younger
Preview Picture Data File Info Comment
Folly at the Lectern
1515
Pen and brown ink, subsequently coloured red
Kupferstichkabinett, Öffentliche Kunstsammlung, Basel

760*1060
True Color
185 Kb



Marginal illustration for Erasmus' In praise of Folly'
1515
Pen and black ink
Kupferstichkabinett, Öffentliche Kunstsammlung, Basel

661*1009
Grayscale
111 Kb



Folly Steps Down from the Pulpit
1515
Pen and black ink
Kupferstichkabinett, Öffentliche Kunstsammlung, Basel

668*948
Grayscale
119 Kb



Praying Fool
1515
Pen and brown ink, subsequently coloured red
Kupferstichkabinett, Öffentliche Kunstsammlung, Basel

620*1100
Grayscale
85 Kb



Portrait of Jakob Meyer zum Hasen
1516
Silverpoint, red chalk, and traces of black pencil on white coated paper, 281 x 190 mm
Kupferstichkabinett, Öffentliche Kunstsammlung, Basel

702*1035
True Color
96 Kb



Leaina Before the Judges
1517-18
Pen and brush in black and gray, with gray wash, 212 x 164 mm
Kupferstichkabinett, Öffentliche Kunstsammlung, Basel

704*903
Grayscale
70 Kb



St John the Baptist
1519-20
Pen and black ink on a chalk sketch, with a gray wash, 549 x 377 mm
Öffentliche Kunstsammlung, Basel

703*1034
True Color
112 Kb



The Humiliation of the Emperor Valerian by the Persian King Sapor
c. 1521
Pen and black ink on chalk sketch, gray wash and watercolour, 285 x 268 mm
Kupferstichkabinett, Öffentliche Kunstsammlung, Basel

839*877
True Color
160 Kb



Head of a Woman
1522
Drawing
Musée du Louvre, Paris

701*886
True Color
96 Kb



Duc Jean de Berry
1522
Chalk drawing
Kupferstichkabinett, Öffentliche Kunstsammlung, Basel

700*992
True Color
85 Kb



Studies of the Hands of Erasmus of Rotterdam
c. 1523
Silverpoint, ruddle, and black chalks on white coated paper, 206 x 153 mm
Musée du Louvre, Paris

750*987
True Color
95 Kb



Jeanne de Boulogne, Duchess of Berry
1524
Black and coloured chalks, 396 x 275 mm
Kupferstichkabinett, Öffentliche Kunstsammlung, Basel

704*1007
True Color
72 Kb



Portrait of Anna Meyer
c. 1526
Black and coloured chalks, 39, x 275 mm
Kupferstichkabinett, Öffentliche Kunstsammlung, Basel

717*1010
True Color
85 Kb



Lady Mary Guildford
1527
Black and coloured chalk on paper, 522 x 385 mm
Öffentliche Kunstsammlung, Basel

921*1300
True Color
209 Kb



Study for the Family Portrait of Sir Thomas More
c. 1527
Pen and brush in black on top of chalk sketch, 389 x 524 mm
Kupferstichkabinett, Öffentliche Kunstsammlung, Basel

1030*726
True Color
150 Kb



Sir Thomas More
1527-28
Black and coloured chalks on paper, 397 x 299 mm
Royal Collection, London

636*849
True Color
103 Kb



Musicians on a Balcony
c. 1527
Pen and black ink, with gray wash, 129 x 181 mm
British Museum, London

601*429
True Color
51 Kb



The Arrogance of Rehoboam
c. 1530
Pen and brown ink and chalk, tinted with gray wash and watercolour, 225 x 383 mm
Kupferstichkabinett, Öffentliche Kunstsammlung, Basel

1028*600
True Color
121 Kb




Summary of paintings by Hans Holbein the Younger
1515-19 | 1519-25 | altarpieces | 1526-28 | 1529-31
1532-35 | Ambassadors | Henry VIII and his family | 1536-43
drawings and woodcuts | miniatures | Miscellaneous works