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Lais of Corinth (Holbein)

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Lais of Corinth, Limewood, 34.6 × 26.8 cm, Kunstmuseum Basel

Lais of Corinth by Hans Holbein the Younger portrays the famous Lais of Corinth, a courtesan of ancient Greece who charged a high price for her favours.[1] It has been suggested that Holbein is also referring to the Lais who was the lover of Apelles, the great painter of antiquity (Holbein was called "Apelles" in humanist circles).[1] The model, the same used for the Venus and Amor, has been identified as either Magdalena Offenburg or her daughter Dorothea, as it was noted by Basilius Amerbach in the archives from the Amerbach-Cabinet, that the woman depicted was someone of the Offenburg family.[1] Dorothea would have been eighteen years of age in 1526.[2] It was assumed that either of the two may have been Holbein's mistress.[2][1] Both paintings, the Venus as the Lais, came into the possession of the Amerbach Cabinet in the late 1500s.[1]

Venus and Amor, 1524

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Müller, Christian (2006). Hans Holbein the Younger: The Basel Years, 1515-1532. Prestel. p. 356. ISBN 978-3-7913-3580-3.
  2. ^ a b Stein, Wilhelm (1920). Holbein der Jüngere. Berlin: Julius Bard Verlag. p. 100.

Further reading

  • Buck, Stephanie, Hans Holbein: 1497/98-1543. Cologne: Könemann, 1999, ISBN 3-8290-2583-1.
  • Derek Wilson, Hans Holbein: Portrait of an Unknown Man. London: Pimlico, 2006, ISBN 1-84413-918-2, pp. 112–113.
  • Moyle, Franny, The King's Painter: The Life and Times of Hans Holbein. New York: Abrams Press, 2021, ISBN 978-1-4197-4953-7, pp. 106–109.
  • Toman, Rolf, ed. Renaissance: Art and Architecture in Europe during the 15th and 16th Centuries. Bath: Parragon, 2009. ISBN 1-4075-5238-4
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