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Hans Holbein the Elder

1465 - 1524

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Hans Holbein the Elder (UK: HOL-byne, US: HOHL-byne, HAWL-; German: Hans Holbein der Ältere; c. 1460/65 – 1524) was a German painter. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hans Holbein the Elder is the 257th most popular painter (up from 467th in 2019), the 691st most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,267th in 2019) and the 24th most popular German Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Hans Holbein the Elder ranks 257 out of 2,023Before him are Kees van Dongen, Edwin Landseer, Franz Xaver Winterhalter, Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād, Judith Leyster, and István Sándorfi. After him are Sebastiano del Piombo, Antoine-Jean Gros, Joshua Reynolds, Henri Fantin-Latour, Rosalba Carriera, and Nicholas Hilliard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1465, Hans Holbein the Elder ranks 2Before him is Vittore Carpaccio. After him are Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar, Scipione del Ferro, Kunigunde of Austria, Philibert I, Duke of Savoy, Mehmed I Giray, Gil Vicente, Agostino Chigi, Paulo da Gama, Jan Provoost, and Bramantino. Among people deceased in 1524, Hans Holbein the Elder ranks 5Before him are Vasco da Gama, Ismail I, Claude of France, and Giulia Farnese. After him are Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar, Joachim Patinir, Marko Marulić, Salaì, Isabella of Aragon, Duchess of Milan, Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard, and Andrea Solari.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hans Holbein the Elder ranks 691 out of 7,253Before him are Dietrich Eckart (1868), Oskar Dirlewanger (1895), Georg Büchner (1813), Otto Carius (1922), Simon Marius (1573), and Arno Breker (1900). After him are Otto Günsche (1917), Widukind (755), George William, Elector of Brandenburg (1595), Curd Jürgens (1915), Rudi Völler (1960), and Gerhard Herzberg (1904).

Among PAINTERS In Germany

Among painters born in Germany, Hans Holbein the Elder ranks 24Before him are Lucas Cranach the Younger (1515), Hendrik Goltzius (1558), Gabriele Münter (1877), George Grosz (1893), August Macke (1887), and Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805). After him are Bettina Heinen-Ayech (1937), Erwin Bowien (1899), Carl Spitzweg (1808), Max Beckmann (1884), Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876), and Max Liebermann (1847).