Chimney-piece_design,_by_Hans_Holbein_the_Younger.jpg
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Summary
Description Chimney-piece design, by Hans Holbein the Younger.jpg |
English:
Design for a Chimney-piece.
Pen and black ink with grey, blue, and red wash on paper, 53.9 × 47 cm,
British Museum
, London.
Throughout his career, Holbein produced many designs for furniture, plate, jewellery, clocks, and other luxury goods; but this design is the only evidence that he made architectural designs in England, and the coat of arms indicates that he made it for Henry VIII . His chimney-piece design incorporates battle scenes and roundels of blind Justice on the right and Charity on the left and Esther before Ahasuerus below. It has been suggested that the chimney-piece was for the fireplace in Whitehall Palace . |
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Date |
circa 1538
date QS:P,+1538-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
–40
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Source | Susan Foister, Holbein in England , London: Tate, 2006, ISBN 1854376454 , pp. 90–91. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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