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"In the first full biography of Holbein for 80 years Derek Wilson marks the 500th anniversary of the birth of one of the most original and popular Renaissance artists. He reveals Hans Holbein the Younger (1497-1543) to us as a complex and fascinating man who knew and was influenced by the greatest thinkers of the age. He developed his own distinctive attitudes towards religion, politics and social life as he moved among stalwart burghers, merchant adventurers and the bejewelled denizens of a glittering court." "The Elizabethan artist Nicholas Hilliard recognised him as 'the greatest Master in…
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3 editions- Paperback · English · 2006Pimlico · 320 pages · 9781844139187
- Other · English · 1997Phoenix Giant · 308 pages · 9781857998801
- Other · English · 1996Weidenfeld & Nicolson · 308 pages · 9780297815617
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