Benedikt von Hertenstein (born about 1495, died 1522) — Hans Holbein the Younger (1517)
8″ x 10″ (Vertical)
$39.00
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Benedikt von Hertenstein (born about 1495, died 1522) — Hans Holbein the Younger (1517)
$39.00
The Latin inscription above the sitter's head translates roughly to "Would that I could also paint his mind" -- a humanist commentary on portraiture's limits that Holbein included on several sitter portraits from this period.
Hans Holbein the Younger, 1517 — The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- Honest scale — sizes listed in inches — the original is 51.4 × 37.1 cm.
- Source recorded — public-domain master scan, printed on matte stretched canvas, 0.75″ deep. Made to order.