| Method | Copper engraving |
| Artist | Chrétien de Mechel after Hans Holbein the Younger |
| Published | Basel, c. 1780. |
| Dimensions | Image 198 x 134 mm, Sheet 230 x 147 mm |
| Notes |
From the Oeuvre de Jean Holbein; ou, Recueil de gravures d'apres les plus beaux ouvrages de ce fameux peintre. Publié par C. de Mechel. The work contained four volumes, and consisted of eighteenth-century reproductions of Holbein's paintings. Hans Holbein the Younger (1497 - 1543) was a painter, draughtsman and designer of woodcuts. He also worked with glass-paintings, metalwork, and jewellery. Holbein was born in Augsburg. He worked in Basel as a journeyman at the end of 1515, and was first employed there with Ambrosius by humanist scholars and their printers. In 1519, he was admitted to the painters' guild. With an introduction from Erasmus to Sir Thomas More he left for England at the end of August 1526 and stayed for two years working in the court circle before returning to Basel. He returned to England in 1532 and, under the patronage of Henry VIII, he produced a succession of magnificent portraits. The most famous of which was the mural painting glorifying the Tudor dynasty in the Whitehall Palace. It was regrettably destroyed in the fire of 1698. Christian von Mechel (1737-1817) was a Swiss engraver , publisher and art dealer. Born in Basel, he moved to Paris at the age of twenty, where he studied under Johann Georg Wille. The French Revolution led to losses in his business so Mechel relocated to Germany. He travelled through Dresden and Weimar before opening an art gallery in Berlin in 1805. Here he remained until his death in 1817. Condition: Tipped to album page. |
| Framing | unmounted |
| Price | £45.00 |
| Stock ID | 28032 |