First of all: HELLOOOOO and thank you to all my new followers!
Hans Holbein the younger is primarily known as the favourite painter at the court of Henry the VIII. He has painted some of the most amazing portraits from the time, which - in my opinion - really captures the person he painted. Although all the finished portraits are soaked in symbolism, appearance and whatnot, it’s the closest we come to a snapshot of people from the 16th century.
I personally think Holbein’s sketches in that sense are even more powerful. These were meant as work in progress. I don’t know anything about his way of work, but I imagine that these sketches were drawn with the person in front of him. He skillfully captures the essence of these people and we - so many hundreds of years later - get a chance of getting to know people who lived and died so long ago.
I can stare at them for hours.
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