Leaina_Before_the_Judges,_by_Hans_Holbein_the_Younger.jpg

Summary

Description
English: Leaina Before the Judges , mural design for the Hertenstein House in Lucerne. Black and grey pen and brush, with grey wash, 21.2 × 16.4 cm, Kunstmuseum Basel

Holbein drew this design for the murals for the façade of the merchant Jakob von Hertenstein's house in Lucerne, Switzerland, between 1517 and 1519. The murals themselves no longer exist. The drawing shows Leaina , a legendary courtesan from ancient Athens. She bites off her tongue rather than testify to judges against her lover Aritogeiton , the tyrannicide.
Date c. 1517–18
Source Christian Müller; Stephan Kemperdick; Maryan Ainsworth; et al , Hans Holbein the Younger: The Basel Years, 1515–1532, Munich: Prestel, 2006, ISBN 9783791335803 .
Author
Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/1498–1543) wikidata:Q48319 s:it:Autore:Hans Holbein il Giovane q:it:Hans Holbein il Giovane
Hans Holbein the Younger
Alternative names
Hans Holbein der Jüngere, Hans Holbein
Description -German painter and drawer
Date of birth/death 1497 or 1498
date QS:P,+1497-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1497-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1498-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
between 7 October 1543 and 29 November 1543
date QS:P,+1543-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1319,+1543-10-07T00:00:00Z/11,P1326,+1543-11-29T00:00:00Z/11
Location of birth/death Augsburg London
Work location
Basel (1515-1526), Lucerne (1515-1526), Venice (1515), Bologna (1515), Florence (1515), Rome (1515), Venice (1517-1518), Bologna (1517-1518), Florence (1517-1518), Rome (1517-1518), London (1526-1528), Basel (1528-1532), London (1532-1543)
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q48319

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