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Tantalus

Hans Holbein the Younger · 1497–1543

Maximum print size

Frame
40.6 × 50.8 cm · 16.0 × 20.0 in
Mat opening
26.2 × 26.2 cm · 10.3 × 10.3 in
Mat border, sides
7.1 cm · 2.8 in
Mat border, top and bottom
12.4 cm · 4.9 in

Colour palette

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Details

Date
1535/1540
Medium
pen and black ink with watercolors, heightened in gold, on laid paper
Type
Drawing
Orientation
square
Collection
National Gallery of Art ↗

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