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Hans Holbein the Younger: Christina of Denmark, Duchess of Milan  wikidata:Q4373334 reasonator:Q4373334
Artist
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 Edit this at Wikidata London Edit this at Wikidata
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
artist QS:P170,Q48319
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
Christina of Denmark, Duchess of Milan Edit this at Wikidata
title QS:P1476,en:"Christina of Denmark, Duchess of Milan Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Len,"Christina of Denmark, Duchess of Milan Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Les,"Retrato de Cristina de Dinamarca"
label QS:Lja,"デンマークのクリスティーナ、ミラノ公妃"
label QS:Lfr,"Portrait de Christine de Danemark"
label QS:Larz,"صوره كريستينا الدنماركيه"
label QS:Lpl,"Portret Krystyny Duńskiej"
label QS:Lnl,"Christina van Denemarken"
label QS:Lru,"Портрет Кристины Датской"
label QS:Lhu,"Krisztina dán hercegnő portréja (ifjabb Holbein festménye)"
label QS:Lda,"Portræt af Christine af Danmark"
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre portrait Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: Holbein painted this portrait of Christina of Denmark, the young widowed Duchess of Milan, for Henry VIII of England, who was considering her as a possible wife. Thomas Cromwell sent Holbein to Brussels, accompanied by Philip Hoby, to draw the duchess, and she sat for him for three hours. John Hutton, the English representative in Brussels, wrote of the result that "Mr Haunce ... hathe shoid hym self to be the master of that siens [science], for it is very perffight". Henry was so delighted with Christina's portrait that, according to the imperial ambassador Eustace Chapuys, "since he saw it he has been in much better humour than he ever was, making musicians play on their instruments all day long". Holbein painted Christina's portrait in oils shortly afterwards, and the work has been recognised as one of his finest. In the event, Henry never secured the wary duchess as his wife. "If I had two heads," she said, "I would happily put one at the disposal of the King of England".
Depicted people Christina of Denmark Edit this at Wikidata
Date 1538
date QS:P571,+1538-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on oak wood
Dimensions height: 179.1 cm (70.5 in); width: 82.6 cm (32.5 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,179.1U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,82.6U174728
institution QS:P195,Q180788
Current location
Room 4
Accession number
NG2475
Credit line Presented by The Art Fund with the aid of an anonymous donation, 190
References
  • John Rowlands, Holbein: The Paintings of Hans Holbein the Younger. Complete Edition. Boston, David R. Godine, 1985. ISBN 0879235780, pp. 116–17
  • Derek Wilson, Hans Holbein: Portrait of an Unknown Man, London: Pimlico, 2006, ISBN 1844139182, p. 251
Source/Photographer National Gallery, London
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Christina of Denmark, Duchess of Milan (c. 1538). Oil and tempera on oak. National Gallery, London

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