While doing research and prep work for my upcoming Blackwork Embroidery in Holbein's Portraits class, I came across a portrait that I had not seen before. It's at the Kunstmuseum in Basel. It's associated to Hans Holbein the Younger, from his circle. This portrait is titled (in German) Portrait of a Young Woman in a Red Bodice, circa 1497/98-1543.
I first saw this portrait in the book: The Drawings of Holbein.
In Paul Hamlyn's book, he said, "According to Ganz the portrait has been entirely overworked by a coarse hand, but this is denied by Glaser who regards it as an unfinished painting. In any case the work is not generally accepted as by Holbein the Younger and is sometimes attributed to the elder Hans Holbein. The date given by Ganz, 1528-31, that is during Holbein's third Basle period, seems much too late and the date c. 1516, suggested by Schmid, is probably correct."
Either way, I was surprised to find blackwork embroidery on a portrait that I had not seen before!
What do you think? Do you think this portrait is a Holbein the Younger portrait?
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