File:Two Skulls in a Window Niche, by Hans or Ambrosius Holbein.jpg
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Summary
Hans Holbein the Younger: Two skulls in a window niche
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Two skulls in a window niche  |
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| Object type | painting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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English: Two Skulls in a Window Niche. Oil on limewood, 33 × 25 cm, Kunstmuseum Basel.
Scholars are divided on the attribition of this work. Stephan Kemperdick, for example, contends that Hans Holbein is the likelier author, while John Rowlands rejects it as by Hans and tentatively attributes it to Ambrosius. Jochen Sander believes that no firm attribution can be made. References
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| Date | c.1520 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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height: 33 cm (12.9 in) ; width: 25 cm (9.8 in) |
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299 (Kunstmuseum Basel) |
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| Source/Photographer | Christian Müller; Stephan Kemperdick; Maryan Ainsworth; et al, Hans Holbein the Younger: The Basel Years, 1515–1532, Munich: Prestel, 2006, ISBN 9783791335803. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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