Solothurn Madonna

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Solothurn Madonna
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Artist Hans Holbein the Younger
Year1522
MediumOil on limewood
Dimensions143,5 cm× 104,9 cm(565 in× 413 in)
Location Kunstmuseum Solothurn, Solothurn
Detail of the Madonna, between the first restoration of 1866 and the second of 1971 Solothurner Madonna Detail nach erster Rest.jpg
Detail of the Madonna, between the first restoration of 1866 and the second of 1971
Elisabeth and her children Philipp and Katharina, a 1528 painting by Holbein Retrato de la esposa del artista con sus dos hijos, por Hans Holbein el Joven.jpg
Elisabeth and her children Philipp and Katharina, a 1528 painting by Holbein
Holbein's drawing of a young woman, 1520-1522, probably a model for the Solothurn Madonna Hans Holbein d. J. junge Frau.jpg
Holbein's drawing of a young woman, 1520–1522, probably a model for the Solothurn Madonna
The Martinskirche in Basel, probably the original home of the Solothurn Madonna Martinskirche Basel.jpg
The Martinskirche in Basel, probably the original home of the Solothurn Madonna

The Solothurn Madonna is an oil-on-panel painting created in 1522 by the German-Swiss artist Hans Holbein the Younger in Basel. The painting depicts the Virgin Mary and Christ enthroned, flanked by Martin of Tours, shown as a bishop giving alms to a beggar, and Ursus of Solothurn, depicted as a soldier in armour. Notably, Holbein used his wife, Elsbeth, as the model for the Madonna, and the baby is believed to have been modelled after Holbein and Elsbeth's infant son Philipp. [1]

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The church that originally commissioned the Solothurn Madonna is unknown, [2] but it reappeared in 1864 in a state of disrepair at the Allerheiligenkapelle in the Grenchen district of Solothurn. The town of Solothurn has owned the painting since 1879, and it has been named after the town since the late 19th century. Currently, it is housed at the Solothurn Art Museum. After the Darmstadt Madonna, the Solothurn Madonna is the second largest surviving Madonna by Hans Holbein the Younger.

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References

  1. ↑ Moyle, Franny, The King's Painter: The Life and Times of Hans Holbein, New York: Abrams Press, 2021, pp. 101, 102.
  2. ↑ Franny Moyle writes, "the escutcheons of the painting's patrons are woven into the carpet design: Johannes Gerster and Maria Barbara Guldinknopf." The King's Painter, p. 101.

Bibliography (in German)

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