Portrait of Nicholas Kratzer
Hans Holbein the Younger · 1528
Why it's great
A scholar in a black cap stands at a table covered with instruments for measuring the stars, with a sundial in his hand. Hans Holbein the Younger painted Nicholas Kratzer, the king's astronomer, in 1528.
Where to see it
📍 Louvre MuseumParis, France
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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.
