Ambrosius Holbein

Ambrosius Holbein (* 1494 in Augsburg; † after 1519 in Basel ) was a German -Swiss painter and graphic artist.

Ambrosius Holbein was a son of Hans Holbein the Elder. and the older brother of Hans Holbein the Younger. , he received his education probably in the workshop of his father. From 1515 he was possibly involved in Stein am Rhein. After 1516 its presence is detectable in Basel, where in the painters' guild in 1517 he enters into heaven and the 1518 Civil Rights acquires.

Works

• Basel, Art Museum: Virgin and Child 1514; Portrait of a boy with blonde hair 1516; Portrait of a boy with brown hair in 1517; Portrait of Jörg Schweiger 1518; Christ inlaying with God the Father intercession
• Darmstadt, Hessen State Museum: Portrait of a young man in 1515
• Donaueschingen, Princely Fürstenberg Picture Gallery: The birth of Christ to 1514
• Munich, Klerikalseminar Georgianum: The birth of Christ; The Death of the Virgin
• Nuremberg, Germanic National Museum: Portrait of John Xylotectus (Zimmermann) 1520
• St. Petersburg, Ermitage: Portrait of a young man in 1518
• Stein am Rhein, St. Georgen monastery museum: Death and lute player and violinist fool and 1515/16;
• Washington, National Gallery of Art: Portrait of a young man ( often also Hans Holbein the Younger assigned )
• Vienna, Paintings Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts: The Death of the Virgin

References

• The family of painters Holbein in Basel. Exhibition catalog. Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel 1960
• His Eduard Holbein, Ambrosius. In: General German Biography (ADB ). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1880, pp. 724 f
• DM Klinger, Antje Höttler: The painter brothers Ambrosius and Hans Holbein the Younger. Catalog of works. Paintings and miniatures. Publisher HB Wilson DMK, Nuremberg 1998, ISBN 3-923642-34-2
• Hans Reinhardt: Holbein, Ambrosius. In: New German Biography ( NDB ). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1972, ISBN 3-428-00190-7, pp. 512 f ( digitized ).