A mysterious shape catches the eye in this 16th-century painting.

Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/98–1543), A Lady with a Squirrel and a Starling (Anne Lovell?), ca. 1526–28, Oil on panel,National Gallery, London, bought with contributions from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and the Art Fund and Mr. J. Paul Getty Jnr. (through the American Friends of the National Gallery, London), 1992; NG6540

. Portrait of Sir Richard Southwell : Hans Holbein the Younger, c. 1537; black and coloured chalks, brush in black and metal pen, ...

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~Hans Holbein the Younger, Portrait of Charles de Solier, Lord of Morette 1534-35 - Oak, 92,5 x 75,4 cm Gemäldegalerie, Dresden

He is studied widely and renowned for his realism and detail. It’s too bad his life was rather short. This is the story of Hans Holbein the Younger.

Member of the von Wedigh Family, (called Hermann Hillebrandt von Wedigh), by Hans Holbein the Younger - Hans Holbein der Jüngere - Wikimedia Commons

Hans Holbein the Younger, (born 1497/98, Augsburg, Bishopric of Augsburg [Germany]—died 1543, London, England), German painter, draftsman, and designer, renowned for the precise rendering of his drawings and the compelling realism of his portraits, particularly those recording the court of King Henry VIII of England. Holbein was a member of a family of important artists. His father, Hans Holbein the Elder, and his uncle Sigmund were renowned for their somewhat conservative examples of late…

Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/98–1543) (and workshop?), Erasmus of Rotterdam, ca. 1532, Oil on panel,The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Robert Lehman Collection; 1975.1.138