Author: Hübner, Bartholomäus (1727-after 1795), after Holbein, Hans the Younger (1497/8-1543)
Title: [Two original engravings/twee gravures] Portrait of Holbein and his wife and children.
Description: Portrait of Hans Holbein, half-length, slightly turned to the left, dressed in a patterned gown over his doublet and shirt with a wide-brimmed soft hat on his head, pillars on either side supporting an arch with flowers above, his arms below; inscribed below: Johannes Holbein I: F: Pictor Celeber Civis Basiliensis immortale Patriae Britanniaeque Decus Natus Anno Domini 1498. Denatus Londini Anno 1554. and the group portrait of Elsbeth Holbein and her children, Philipp and Katharina, behind a lettered parapet; after Hans Holbein the Younger. Lettered on parapet with the title followed by Ad Tabulam Joh: Holbenii in Biblioth: publ: Basil: adservatam and below image with further details: Joh: Holbein pinx.t, Basileae apud Chr: a Mechel Chalcogr. and B. Hübner sculp: 1790. Engraving on paper with margins; plate mark: 320 x 258 mm, total: 383 x 270 mm; some light foxing on Holbein's portrait; traces of previous mounting on verso of both prints, otherwise in good condition.

Keywords: Artist portraits|Baby|Children|Marriage|Portraits|Switserland|Women