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HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger: Portrait of Anna Meyer

🖼 Portrait of Anna Meyer, c. 1526
Black and coloured chalks, 39, x 275 mm
Basel, Switzerland

Crisp light models a woman's composed features rendered in meticulous detail, her gaze steady and direct against neutral background. Holbein's portrait exemplifies Northern Renaissance precision, capturing bourgeois identity with psychological penetration that influenced portraiture across Europe.

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