Nov 30, 2025
Nicholas Kratzer
Artist: After Hans Holbein the Younger (German, c. 1497-1543)
Date: 16 century, based on the work of 1528
Medium: Oil on panel
Collection: National Portrait Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Sitter:
Nicholas Kratzer (1487-?1550), Mathematician and astronomer.
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