Contributions

  • Národni ́galerie v Praze - Contributor

Publication

2020 - Národní galerie v Praze, Praha, Czech Republic

Language

English

Word Count

31,250 words, Guess

Page Count

125 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-108070357584
  • ISBN-139788070357583
  • WikidataQ122113038
  • OCLC Control Number1263761258
  • Open LibraryOL44077185M

Classifications

  • LCCND588.H692 A65 2020

Alternate Titles

  • Hans Holbein starší - Hohenburský oltář

Description

This publication provides a broader context to the results of the restoration, technological and art historical research currently being conducted on Hans Holbein the Elder's Hohenburg altarpiece wings, which belong amongst the National Gallery Prague's masterpiece. Hans Holbein painted them in the so-called grisaille technique (i.e. paintings executed entirely in grey shades) that is otherwise completely absent in his artistic output. The authors of the present publication therefore search for the reason that might have led the Master to use such a demanding technique. They also reveal the period context of the genesis of this truly unique artwork that Holbein most probably created for Monte St. Odile Abbey in Hohenburg (Lower Alsace), where he stayed in 1509.

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