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| Keywords: Derich Born by Hans Holbein the Younger.jpg Henry VIII with military equipment and in 1541 became involved in a dispute with the Duke of Suffolk which led to his expulsion from the Steelyard lest his quarrel endanger trading privileges there The simplified composition was innovative for Holbein and contrasts with his elaborate portrait of the merchant Georg Gisze The work alludes to Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa and perhaps also to Titian and other Italian portrait styles The device of the parapet follows the style of Holbein's earlier Venus and Amor and Lais of Corinth which may have been influenced by the use of the balustrade device in the work of the Venetian artist Giovanni Bellini The Latin inscription translates If you add the voice Derich is here in person so that you will doubt whether the painter or the Creator made him 1533 oil tempera oak cm 60 3 45 1 Institution Royal Collection Windsor Castle http //www royalcollection org uk/eGallery/maker asp maker 12102 Royal Collection Stephanie Buck Hans Holbein Cologne Könemann 1999 ISBN 3829025831 pp 94 “96 Susan Foister Holbein in England London Tate 2006 ISBN 1854376454 pp 146 “47 Roy Strong Holbein The Complete Paintings London Granada 1980 ISBN 0586051449 p 10 PD-old-100 Derich Born Holbein | ||||
