File:Designs for Pendant Jewels by Hans Holbein the Younger.jpg

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Description

English: Six designs for pendant jewels; ink and washes on paper, British Museum, London.

(Top row)

Design for a circular pendant jewel; five emeralds and a pearl, 8.6 × 5.5 cm.
Design for an oval pendant jewel; a ruby, four sapphires and pearls, 11.6 × 6.4 cm.
Design for a diamond-shaped pendant jewel; sapphires and twelve pearls, 12.2 × 6.3 cm.

(Bottom row)

Design for a diamond-shaped pendant jewel; sapphires and eight pearls, 13.5 × 6.6 cm.
Design for a diamond-shaped pendant jewel; sapphires and four pearls, 11.2 × 6.2 cm.
Design for a circular pendant jewel; sapphires and pearls in a cross shape, 9 × 5.3 cm.

Date

1532–43

Source

Xanthe Brooke and David Crombie, Henry VIII Revealed: Holbein's Portrait and its Legacy, London: Paul Holberton, 2003, ISBN 1903470099.

Author



Alternative names	Hans Holbein der Jüngere, Hans Holbein
Description	-German painter and drawer
Date of birth/death	1497 or 1498 date QS:P,+1497-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1497-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1498-00-00T00:00:00Z/9	between 7 October 1543 and 29 November 1543 date QS:P,+1543-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1319,+1543-10-07T00:00:00Z/11,P1326,+1543-11-29T00:00:00Z/11
Location of birth/death	Augsburg	London
Work location	Basel (1515-1526), Lucerne (1515-1526), Venice (1515), Bologna (1515), Florence (1515), Rome (1515), Venice (1517-1518), Bologna (1517-1518), Florence (1517-1518), Rome (1517-1518), London (1526-1528), Basel (1528-1532), London (1532-1543)
Authority file	: Q48319 VIAF: 4945401 ISNI: 0000000120987816 ULAN: 500005259 LCCN: n81117179 NLA: 36275979 WorldCat

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