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The ''Solothurn Madonna'' is a 1522 painting produced by
Museums-Gesellschaft Grenchen
Die schönste Grenchnerin wohnt in Solothurn
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The ''Solothurn Madonna'' is a 1522 painting produced by Hans Holbein the Younger
Hans Holbein the Younger ( , ; german: Hans Holbein der Jüngere; – between 7 October and 29 November 1543) was a Germans, German-Swiss people, Swiss painter and printmaker who worked in a Northern Renaissance style, and is considered o ...
in Basel. It shows the Virgin Mary and Christ enthroned, flanked by Martin of Tours
Martin of Tours ( la, Sanctus Martinus Turonensis; 316/336 – 8 November 397), also known as Martin the Merciful, was the third bishop of Tours. He has become one of the most familiar and recognizable Christian saints in France, heralded as the ...
(shown as a bishop giving alms to a beggar) and Ursus of Solothurn
Ursus of Solothurn was a 3rd-century Roman Christian venerated as a saint. He was associated very early with the Theban Legion and is recorded in the Roman Martyrology, with Victor of Solothurn on 30 September.
Legend
The ''Life of Ursus'' was ...
(shown as a soldier in armour). Holbein used his wife Elsbeth as his model for the Madonna, and the baby "may well have been modelled on Holbein and Elsbeth's baby son Philipp."
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. It 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.
See also
*List of paintings by Hans Holbein the Younger
Hans Holbein the Younger (''c''. 1497–1543) was a German artist and printmaker who worked in a Northern Renaissance style. He is best known as one of the greatest portraitists of the 16th century.Zwingenberger, 9. He also made a significan ...
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. * 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.External links
Museums-Gesellschaft Grenchen
Die schönste Grenchnerin wohnt in Solothurn
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