Solothurn Madonna
The Solothurn Madonna is a 1522 painting produced by Hans Holbein the Younger in Basel. It shows the Virgin Mary and Christ enthroned, flanked by Martin of Tours (shown as a bishop giving alms to a beggar) and Ursus of Solothurn (shown as a soldier in armour).
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| Artist | Hans Holbein the Younger |
| Year | 1522 |
| Medium | Oil on limewood |
| Dimensions | 143,5 cm × 104,9 cm (565 in × 413 in) |
| Location | Kunstmuseum Solothurn |
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
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
The church which originally commissioned it is unknown, but it resurfaced in 1864 in poor condition in the Allerheiligenkapelle in the Grenchen district of Solothurn. It has been owned by the town of Solothurn since 1879 and it has been named after the town since the late 19th century, and is kept in the Solothurn Art Museum. After the Darmstadt Madonna, the Solothurn Madonna is the second largest surviving Madonna by Hans Holbein the Younger.
References
Bibliography (in German)
- Jacob Amiet: Hans Holbein's Madonna von Solothurn Und der Stifter Nicolaus Conrad, Solothurn, 1879. Reprint: Bibliolife, LaVergne, 2011.
- Oskar Bätschmann, Pascal Griener: Hans Holbein d.J. – Die Solothurner Madonna. Eine Sacra Conversazione im Norden, Basel, 1998. ISBN 3-7965-1050-7
- Jochen Sander: Hans Holbein d. J. und die niederländische Kunst, am Beispiel der "Solothurner Madonna" in: Zeitschrift für Schweizerische Archäologie und Kunstgeschichte 55 (1998), S. 123–130.
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