M0004565: Optical subjects by Hans Holbein

A reproduction of a painting by Hans Holbein the Younger (1497-1593) of three individuals, looking downand flicking through pages of a manuscript, with the man in the middle wearing spectacles.

March 1936

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16 cm

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2021.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.