HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger (b. 1497, Augsburg, d. 1543, London) Portrait of Simon George 1536-37 Oil on oak, diameter 31 cm St?delsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt At the other end of the spectrum of portraiture from the blatant display of regal power in Henry VIII's portrait (Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid), is the aesthetic delicacy and reverie of this circular portrait. It is also Holbein's only profile portrait. A minor court figure, Simon George sports a fashionable hat similar to the King's, a hat whose circularity echoes that of the work itself. Holbein had avoided the profile hitherto
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HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger (b. 1497, Augsburg, d. 1543, London) Portrait of Simon George 1536-37 Oil on oak, diameter 31 cm St?delsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt At the other end of the spectrum of portraiture from the blatant display of regal power in Henry VIII's portrait (Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid), is the aesthetic delicacy and reverie of this circular portrait. It is also Holbein's only profile portrait. A minor court figure, Simon George sports a fashionable hat similar to the King's, a hat whose circularity echoes that of the work itself. Holbein had avoided the profile hitherto