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Hans Holbein the Younger

1497 - 1545

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Hans Holbein the Younger (UK: HOL-byne, US: HOHL-byne, HAWL-; German: Hans Holbein der Jüngere; c. 1497 – between 7 October and 29 November 1543) was a German-Swiss painter and printmaker who worked in a Northern Renaissance style, and is considered one of the greatest portraitists of the 16th century. He also produced religious art, satire, and Reformation propaganda, and he made a significant contribution to the history of book design. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hans Holbein the Younger has received more than 2,272,370 page views. His biography is available in 65 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 63 in 2019). Hans Holbein the Younger is the 7th most popular artist (down from 6th in 2019), the 172nd most popular biography from Germany (up from 190th in 2019) and the most popular German Artist.

Hans Holbein the Younger is most famous for his portraits of Henry VIII and his family.

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Among ARTISTS

Among artists, Hans Holbein the Younger ranks 7 out of 125. Before him are Hokusai, Andy Warhol, Marcel Duchamp, Yoko Ono, M. C. Escher, and Jusepe de Ribera. After him are Victor Vasarely, Anders Zorn, Hiroshige, Joseph Beuys, Yves Klein, and Jean Arp.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1497, Hans Holbein the Younger ranks 1. After him are Philip Melanchthon, Beyhan Sultan, Pedro de Valdivia, Emperor Go-Nara, Mōri Motonari, Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Francesco Canova da Milano, Jean Fernel, and Stephen Gardiner. Among people deceased in 1545, Hans Holbein the Younger ranks 1. After him are Hans Baldung, Maria Manuela, Princess of Portugal, Injong of Joseon, Sher Shah Suri, Elizabeth of Austria, Albert of Brandenburg, Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, Peter Faber, Francis I, Duke of Lorraine, Charles II de Valois, Duke of Orléans, and Louis X, Duke of Bavaria.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hans Holbein the Younger ranks 172 out of 7,253. Before him are Leopold Mozart (1719), Alois Alzheimer (1864), Friedrich Wöhler (1800), Georg Simmel (1858), Hans-Georg Gadamer (1900), and Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor (990). After him are Philip Melanchthon (1497), Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia (1361), Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714), Alexander Van der Bellen (1944), Friedrich Fröbel (1782), and Olaf Scholz (1958).

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Among ARTISTS In Germany

Among artists born in Germany, Hans Holbein the Younger ranks 1. After him are Joseph Beuys (1921), Kurt Schwitters (1887), Josef Albers (1888), Ulay (1943), Bernt Notke (1435), Méret Oppenheim (1913), John Heartfield (1891), Marianne Brandt (1893), Gunta Stölzl (1897), and Daniel Hopfer (1470).

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