Darmstadt Madonna
Hans Holbein the Younger · 1526
Why it's great
Mary, in a beautiful blue cloak, stands in a niche, holding the baby Jesus, while a family kneels beside her. Hans Holbein the Younger painted it in 1526, and the family is the family of the mayor of Basel.
Where to see it
📍 JohanniterkircheSchwäbisch Hall, Germany
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Hans Holbein the Younger was a German painter born in Augsburg in about 1497. He worked in Basel and then in London, where he became court painter to King Henry VIII and painted portraits that made the Tudors famous. He died in London in 1543, probably of the plague.
