HOLBEIN, Ambrosius
(b. 1495, Augsburg, d. 1519, Augsburg)

Death of the Virgin

1518-19
Gum tempera on canvas, mounted on wood, 66 x 49 cm
Akademie der bildenden Künste, Vienna

The scene is set in a large hall that quotes Italian Renaissance forms in its architecture and decor. The arrangement of the composition had already been formulated by the painter's father, Hans Holbein the Elder.




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