Death of the Virgin

1518 · Akademie der bildenden Künste, Vienna

religious

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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About the Artist

Ambrosius Holbein

1495 – 1519

Ambrosius Holbein, painter and book illustrator, was the elder son of Hans Holbein the Elder and the brother of Hans Holbein the Younger. He was apprenticed in his father's workshop in Augsburg. When the workshop was broken up in 1514 he went to Basle together with Hans the Younger. In Basle he received several commissions. He apparently died about 1519 before reaching maturity as an artist.

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