How Did Holbein Die
It Was on One of These Trips in 1538 That the Artist Returned to Basel Where a Banquet Was Held in His Honor and the City Council Attempted Without Success to...
It was on one of these trips in 1538 that the artist returned to Basel where a banquet was held in his honor and the city council attempted without success to persuade him to stay. Holbein died of the plague in London sometime between 7 October, the date of his Testament and Will, and 29 November 1543.
Did Hans Holbein have a wife?
He also married Elsbeth Binzentock, a widow a few years older, who already had an infant son; they had a further four children together. Between 1520 and 1524, Holbein’s success in Basel grew with him producing murals, religious paintings, designs for stained glass and book illustrations.
When did Hans Holbein live?
Hans Holbein the YoungerBornc. 1497 Augsburg (free imperial city), Holy Roman EmpireDiedOctober or November 1543 (aged 45–46) London, EnglandNationalityGerman
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