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The exhibition at the Queen’s Gallery will display rarely shown drawings, while the Städel Museum survey will show what might be the artist’s oldest known painting
The child hidden in plain sight: how one painting has upended the Holbein world A trip to Augsburg led to the discovery of a portrait of Hans Holbein the Younger, the future King’s Painter, at five years old 27 April 2021 • 5:00am The memorial to the Walther family in Augsburg, hiding (left panel) the small figure of Hans Holbein the Younger Credit: Artothek In Augsburg, I had an epiphany. The Bavarian city is perhaps best known for being the centre of Messerschmitt manufacture in the war. Nevertheless, it was here that I uncovered the earliest known depiction of one of the world’s grea...