Holbein, Hans, the Elder

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Holbein, HOHL byn, Hans, the Elder (1465?-1534?), was a painter who worked in southern Germany and the region of Alsace in what is now France. Holbein was born in Augsburg, Germany, and maintained a workshop in the city during the late 1490's and early 1500's. His two sons, Ambrosius and Hans the Younger, received their first training as painters there.

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