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	(3) Hans Holbein (ii) (b Augsburg, 1497–8; d London, 1543). Painter, draughtsman and designer, active in Switzerland and England, son of (1) Hans Holbein (i). He is best known as the most important portrait painter in England during the Reformation, although he began his career in Basle, where he worked mainly as a painter of altarpieces and designer of woodcuts. Dissatisfaction with patronage in Switzerland led him to visit England in 1526–8, where, through Erasmus, he met Sir Thomas More and his circle. On returning to Basle, he completed projects that he had begun before his trip to England, undertook commissions for the city authorities and produced designs for stained glass and goldsmiths’ work. In 1532 he returned to England, where he worked almost exclusively as a portrait painter, mainly under the patronage of King Henry VIII and his courtiers. Part of the Holbein family
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	Holbein, Hans (ii) (1497/8-1543) Augsburg, §2: Art life and organization Basle Decadence and decline, §1: Fleshly decadence: medieval and early Renaissance Dionysios of Furna England, §I: Introduction Eworth, Hans Holbein Musical instruments, §1(ii)(a): Western, 16th century to mid-20th: Keyboard instruments Propaganda, §3: After 1900 Switzerland, §I: Introduction Switzerland, §III, 2: Painting, graphic arts and stained glass: Renaissance period, c 1500–c 1620 assistants John, Master attributions Bruyn: (1) Bartholomäus Bruyn (i) Eastlake: (1) Charles Lock Eastlake Herbst, Hans Hugford, Ignazio Enrico Witz, Konrad, §3: Attributions, workshop and influence book illustrations Erasmus, Desiderius collaboration Holbein: (1) Hans Holbein (i), §1: Life and work Holbein: (2) Ambrosius Holbein Lizard Lützelburger, Hans copies Hess, Hieronymus Leemput , Remi van Sarburgh, Bartholomäus decorative works Theatre, §III, 2(iii)(a): Britain: Renaissance architecture drawings Drawing, §IV, 3: Renaissance Jean de Cambrai portraits Holbein: (3) Hans Holbein (ii), §II: Working methods and technique Brandon, Henry, 2nd Duke of Suffolk Holbein: (3) Hans Holbein (ii), §I, 4: England, 1532–43 Henry VIII, King of England (reg 1509-47) England, §III, 2(i): Painting, c 1450–c 1620 More, Thomas, and family Conversation piece, §1: Use of the term and historical precedents Dress, §V, 2(iii): Northern Europe, 1501–1600 façade decoration Façade decoration, §I, 1: Painting: History and development Façade decoration, §I, 2: Painting: Subject-matter Façade decoration, §I, 4: Painting: Documentation and designs frames Frame, §VI, 1(ii): German and Central European Gothic: Small devotional and secular paintings Frame, §VI, 2: Germany and Central Europe: Renaissance Frame, §VI, 3: Germany and Central Europe: Baroque glass Kalf, Willem jewellery Dress, §I, 3: The artist and the design process England, §X, 1: Jewellery Jewellery, §2: 1500–1630 metalwork England, §IX, 1(ii)(b): Gold and silver, 1450–1660: Form and decoration methods Modello, §I: Drawn Portraiture, §IV: The importance of likeness paintings Islamic art, §VI, 4(iii)(a): Carpets and flatweaves, c 1450–c 1700: Anatolia London, §V, 5: Whitehall Palace altarpieces Holbein: (3) Hans Holbein (ii), §I, 1: Switzerland, 1516–26 frescoes Basle, §2(ii): Art life and organization, 1529 and after Illusionism, §2(i)(a): Large-scale projects, c 1450–c 1600 history Throne, §II, 2(ii): Europe, after c 1500: Secular miniatures Miniature, §II, 1: Portrait and related forms, c 1520–c 1620: From Clouet to Hilliard organ shutters Organ shutters, §2: Imagery portraits Humanism, §3: Humanism and the visual arts Cheseman, Robert Sporting scenes, §2: Middle Ages and Renaissance Christina of Denmark, Duchess of Milan (fl 1538) Portraiture, §III: Manufacture Henry VIII, King of England (reg 1509-47) Carpet, §II, 2(ii): Western world, 1500–1680 Livery hall London, §III, 3: Art life and organization, 1536–1659 Representation, §1: Intuitions about representation Representation, §4: Representation and the artist’s intention More, Thomas Portraiture, §II: Purposes Polisy, Jean de Dinteville, Seigneur de, and Selve, Georges de, Bishop Squaring up Tuke, Brian Tuke, Brian religious Darmstadt, §1(i): History and urban development, before 1806 patrons and collectors Amerbach, Basilius Amerbach Art Institute of Chicago Ryerson, Martin A. Augustus III, King of Poland (reg 1733-63) Algarotti, Francesco Becker, Herman (c. 1617-78) Becker, Herman Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Queen of England (1683-1737) Display of art, §IV: Drawings, prints and watercolours Christina, Queen of Sweden (reg 1632-54) Sweden, §XIV: Collecting and dealing Vasa, House of: (5) Christina, §1: Collecting and patronage Cromwell, Thomas, Earl of Essex Cromwell, Thomas Duarte, Diego Duarte, Diego Duveen, Joseph, 1st Baron Duveen of Millbank Duveen, Joseph Evans, Frederick H(enry) Evans, Frederick H. Everdingen, Allart van Everdingen, van: (2) Allart van Everdingen Faesch, Remigius (ii) (1596-1667) Faesch: (2) Remigius Faesch (ii) Fitzalan, Henry, 12th Earl of Arundel Fitzalan, Henry Francesco I, 8th Duke of Modena and Reggio (reg 1629-58) Este (i): (16) Francesco I d’Este Harley, Robert, 1st Earl of Oxford Harley: (1) Robert Harley Henry VIII, King of England (reg 1509-47) England, §XII, 3: Patronage, c 1500–c 1700 Germany, §III, 2(ii)(e): Renaissance painting and graphic arts: Effects of the Reformation Tudor: (2) Henry VIII, King of England Herbert, Philip, 4th Earl of Pembroke and 1st Earl of Montgomery Herbert: (1) Philip Herbert Howard (i), Aletheia, Countess of Arundel Howard (i): (2) Aletheia Talbot, Countess of Arundel Howard (i), Thomas, 2nd Earl of Arundel England, §XIII, 1: Collecting and dealing, before 1700 Howard (i): (1) Thomas Howard, 2nd Earl of Arundel Imhoff, Willibald Imhoff Imstenraedt, Franz Gerhard von Imstenraedt , von Jabach, Everard France, §XIII, 3: Collecting and dealing: 17th century Jabach, Everard, §2: Sales to Louis XIV, 1662 and 1671 Jabach, Everard, §3: Later life and second collection, after 1671 Le Brun, Jean-Baptiste-Pierre Le Brun, Jean-Baptiste-Pierre Lely, Peter Lely, Peter, §3: Collection Lindsay, Alexander (William Crawford), 25th Earl of Crawford and 8th Earl of Balcarres Lindsay, Alexander Loo, Andreas de Loo, Andreas de Lumley, John, 1st Baron Lumley Lumley, John Maximilian I, Duke of Bavaria (reg 1598-1651) and Elector of Bavaria (reg 1623-51) Wittelsbach, §I: (5) Maximilian I, Duke and Elector of Bavaria Mead, Richard England, §XIII, 2(i): Trends in collecting, 1700–1840 Mead, Richard Montagu-Douglas-Scott, Walter Francis, 5th Duke of Buccleuch, 7th Duke of Queensberry Montagu: (3) Walter Francis Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch More, Thomas More,Thomas Pleydell-Bouverie, Jacob, 2nd Earl of Radnor Pleydell-Bouverie, Jacob Potocki, Stanislaw Kostka Potocki: (1) Stanislaw Kostka Potocki Pourtalès-Gorgier, James-Alexandre, Comte de Pourtalès-Gorgier, James-Alexandre Solly, Edward Solly, Edward Spencer, Robert, 2nd Earl of Sunderland (1641-1702) Spencer: (1) Robert Spencer Stuart, Henry (Frederick), Prince of Wales Stuart, House of: (4) Henry, Prince of Wales Tarnowski, Jan Feliks, Count and Waleria Tarnowski Thyssen-Bornemisza, Heinrich, Baron von Thyssen-Bornemisza: (1) Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza Torlonia (family) Torlonia reproductive prints by others Baron, Bernard Negker, Jostde Sievier, Robert William Stipple, §2: History Vorsterman: (1) Lucas Vorsterman (i) stained glass Stained glass, §II, 1(iv): 1300–1539 weapons Arms and armour, §II, 1(ii): European edged weapons, 1450–1630 woodcuts Allegory, §IV, 1: Renaissance: Italy Anatomical studies, §1: Ancient and medieval studies Bible, §I, 2(ii): Illustrated printed Christian Propaganda, §2: c 1450–1900 Woodcut, §II, 3(i): 16th century: Holy Roman Empire

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