Ambrosius Holbein

Ambrosius Holbein (* around 1494 in Augsburg , † after 1519 in Basel ) was a German-Swiss painter and graphic artist .

Portrait of a Boy with Fair Hair , around 1516

Ambrosius Holbein was a son of Hans Holbein the Elder. Ä. and the older brother of Hans Holbein the Elder J. He probably received his training in his father's workshop. From 1515 he may have been active in Stein am Rhein . His presence in Basel after 1516 can be proven, where he joined the Zum Himmel painters' guild in 1517 and acquired citizenship in 1518.

Works

Basel, Kunstmuseum: Maria with the child 1514; Portrait of a Boy with Blond Hair 1516; Portrait of a Boy with Brown Hair 1517; Portrait of Jörg Schweiger 1518; Christ interceding with God the Father
Darmstadt, Hessisches Landesmuseum: Portrait of a young man 1515
Donaueschingen, Fürstlich Fürstenbergische Gemäldegalerie: The birth of Christ around 1514
Munich, Klerikalseminar Georgianum: The Birth of Christ ; The death of Mariae
Nuremberg, Germanisches Nationalmuseum: Portrait of Johannes Xylotectus (carpenter) 1520
St. Petersburg, Hermitage: Portrait of a young man 1518
Stein am Rhein, St. Georgen Monastery Museum : death and lute player as well as fool and violinist 1515/16;
A cycle of frescoes in the ballroom of David von Winkelsheim in the St. Georgen Monastery in Stein am Rhein shows a view of the Küssaburg and the Zurzach fair on the north wall .
Washington, National Gallery of Art: Portrait of a young man (often also assigned to Hans Holbein the Younger)
Vienna, picture gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts: The death of Mariae

Bibliography

The Holbein family of painters in Basel . Exhibition catalog. Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel 1960
Eduard His: Holbein, Ambrosius . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1880, p. 724 f.
DM Klinger, Antje Höttler: The painter brothers Ambrosius and Hans d. J. Holbein. Catalog raisonné. Paintings and miniatures . Verlag HB Wilson-DMK, Nuremberg 1998, ISBN 3-923642-34-2
Hans Reinhardt: Holbein, Ambrosius. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1972, ISBN 3-428-00190-7 , p. 512 f. ( Digitized version ).

Web links

Commons : Ambrosius Holbein - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Literature by and about Ambrosius Holbein in the catalog of the German National Library
Works by Ambrosius Holbein at Zeno.org .
Basilica San Paolo fuori le mura - detail at the House of Bavarian History (The painting depicting the baptism of the Apostle Paul shows Ambrosius with his father and brother as a spectator.)
Maria Becker: Holbein, Ambrosius. In: Sikart

Individual evidence

↑ Hans Georg Wehrens: The dance of death in the Alemannic language area. "I have to do it - and don't know what" . Schnell & Steiner, Regensburg 2012, p. 94f. ISBN 978-3-7954-2563-0 .
↑ Cf. Alfred Hidber, Hans Rudolf Sennhauser , Annette Schaefer, Historical Association of the Zurzach District, Zurzach (AG): History of the Fleckens Zurzach, Verlag Historische Vereinigung des Bezirks Zurzach, 2004, p. 238.

personal data
SURNAME	Holbein, Ambrosius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German-Swiss painter and graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1494
PLACE OF BIRTH	augsburg
DATE OF DEATH	after 1519
Place of death	Basel

[1] Hans Georg Wehrens: The dance of death in the Alemannic language area. "I have to do it - and don't know what" . Schnell & Steiner, Regensburg 2012, p. 94f. ISBN 978-3-7954-2563-0 .

[2] Cf. Alfred Hidber, Hans Rudolf Sennhauser , Annette Schaefer, Historical Association of the Zurzach District, Zurzach (AG): History of the Fleckens Zurzach, Verlag Historische Vereinigung des Bezirks Zurzach, 2004, p. 238.