Taking a Critical Look at Blackwork Embroidery in Holbein's Paintings

This is a class that I had signed up to teach at RUM (Royal University of the Midrealm) and this video is to help me prep for teaching this class. So, in case you missed my class in person, here it is!

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Hans Holbein the Younger was a European painter, just like his older brother Ambrosius and his father, Hans the Elder. If you hear the term 'Holbein stitch', it is in reference to Hans the Younger. From his friendship with Erasmus, he had a letter of introduction and found himself in England to eventually become a court painter in the court of King Henry VIII of England. Compared to other artists at the time, Holbein painted numerous portraits with blackwork embroidery in them.

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Works Cited
“Hans Holbein, the Elder.” Britannica.
“Hans Holbein the Younger.” Britannica.
“Hans Holbein the Younger.” Uffizi Gallery.
“Hans Holbein the Younger and Blackwork.” Textile Research Centre.
Holbein, Hans. “Mrs Jane Small, formerly Mrs Pemberton.” V&A Museum.
Holbein, Hans. “Self-Portrait.” Uffizi Gallery.
Holbein d. J., Hans. “A Court Servant of King Henry VIII.” Kunst Historisches Museum Wien.
Holbein d. J., Hans. “Jane Seymour.” Kunst Historisches Museum Wien.
Holbein d. J., Hans. “Portrait of Anna Meyer.” KunstMuseum Basel.
Holbein d. J., Hans. “Portrait of a Noble Boy with a Marmoset.” KunstMuseum Basel.
Holbein d. J., Hans. “Portrait of a Young Merchant.” Kunst Historisches Museum Wien.
Holbein le Jeune, Hans. “Portrait of Nicolas Kratzer.” Musée du Louvre.
Holbein, Hans the Younger. “Double Portrait of Sir Thomas Godsalve and His Son John.” Web Gallery of Art.
Holbein, Hans the Younger. “Portrait of Henry Howard, the Earl of Surrey.” Web Gallery of Art.
Holbein the Younger, Hans. “Derich Born.” Royal Collection Trust.
Holbein the Younger, Hans. “Darmstadt Madonna.”
Holbein the Younger, Hans. “Elizabeth, Lady Audley.” Royal Collection Trust.
Holbein the Younger, Hans. “Katherine, Duchess of Suffolk.” Royal Collection Trust.
Holbein the Younger, Hans. “Lady Margaret (Bacon) Butts.” Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.
Holbein the Younger, Hans. “Margaret Roper (Margaret More).” The Met Museum.
Holbein the Younger, Hans. “Portrait of a Lady, Perhaps Katherine Howard.” Royal Collection Trust.
Holbein the Younger, Hans. “Portrait of a Man in Royal Livery.” The Met Museum.
Holbein the Younger, Hans. “Simon George of Cornwall.” Städel Museum.
Holbein the Younger, Hans. “Anne Cresacre.” Royal Collection Trust.
Holbein the Younger, Hans. “Portrait of a Lady.” Toledo Museum of Art.
Holbein the Younger, Hans. “Portrait of Henry VIII of England.” Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza.
Holbein the Younger, Hans. “Portrait of Robert Cheseman.” Mauritshuis.
Holbein the Younger, Hans. “Thomas, 2nd Baron Vaux.” Royal Collection Trust.
Holbein the Younger, Hans. “Thomas Howard, Third Duke of Norfolk.” Royal Collection Trust.
Holbein the Younger, Hans. “Unknown Woman.” National Portrait Gallery.
Holbein the Younger, Hans. “An Unidentified Woman.” Royal Collection Trust.
Holbein the Younger, Hans. “An Unidentified Woman 2.” Royal Collection Trust.
D’Angelo, Isabella. “Blackwork.”
Cariad. “Darmstadt Madonna.”
Workshop of Hans Holbein the Younger. “Portrait of a Young Woman.” The Met Museum.
Holbein the Younger, Hans. “Edward Fiennes de Clinton.” Royal Collection Trust.
Holbein d. J., Hans. “The Family of Thomas More.” KunstMuseum Basel.
Holbein the Younger, Hans. “Queen Anne Boleyn.” Royal Collection Trust.
Hamlyn, Paul. The Drawings of Holbein. Drury House: London. 1962.


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