Head of an Old Woman
Hans Holbein
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Renaissance Painter · Active 1500 – 1500
Hans Holbein
Paintale's collection includes 1 paintings attributed to Hans Holbein, a figure of the Renaissance period whose recurring subjects — portrait — trace a consistent set of preoccupations across a career's worth of commissions.
Portrait
Where to see the work: Cleveland Museum of Art.
Paintings by Hans Holbein (1)
About Hans Holbein
Working at the height of the Renaissance period, Hans Holbein produced a body of work that remains foundational to Western art. The recurring themes across the surviving paintings — portrait — show an artist returning to the same questions about the human figure, light, and the moral weight of a scene that Renaissance painting was uniquely equipped to answer.
Museums now holding Hans Holbein's work include Cleveland Museum of Art. On each painting's page here, we go beyond the caption to cover subject, symbolism, technique, and provenance — the context a modern viewer needs to see what the original audience saw.
Frequently asked about Hans Holbein
- When did Hans Holbein live?
- Hans Holbein was active around 1500 – 1500, during the Renaissance period.
- Where can I see paintings by Hans Holbein?
- Cleveland Museum of Art.
- What themes did Hans Holbein paint?
- Portrait.