Holbein, Hans, a German painter, born at Augsburg, trained by his father; attracted the attention of Erasmus, who took a great interest in him, and persuaded him to go to England, and introduced him to Sir Thomas More, who in turn introduced him to Henry VIII.; here under Henry's patronage he remained, executing numerous portraits of his courtiers, till his death of the plague; his “Last Supper” and “Dance of Death” are well known (1497‒1554).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Holbach, Baron von * Holberg, Ludwig, Baron