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HOLBEIN, Hans the Elder
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The_Martyrdom_of_Saint_Sebastian
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c._1516
Lime_panel,_153_x_107_cm
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The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian
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(b. 1460/65, Augsburg, d. 1524, Isenheim
was a German painter. He was born in Augsburg, Bavaria and died in Isenheim, Alsace. He and his brother Sigismund Holbein painted religious works in the late Gothic style. Hans the Elder was a pioneer and leader in the transformation of German art from the Gothic to the Renaissance style. He was also a woodcut artist and an illustrator of books, and was a church window designer.
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