# Darmstadt Madonna \(detail\) [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Oil on limewood ## Commentary Unlike Anna Meyer, the figures of the boys are not portraits, since they lack any individual features. In his elegant face and hands, the squatting youth bears striking resemblance to the Mary figure, which, in contrast to the Solothurn Madonna, is idealized in the manner of the Raphael model. The naked boy and the Child Jesus also correspond to figure types found in Italian Renaissance paintings, and it is conceivable that Holbein was inspired by compositions by Raphael and Leonardo that he had seen on his trip to France. ## Related artworks - [Adam and Eve]() - [Apollo and the Muses on Parnassus]() - [Charitas]() - [Charles Brandon]() - [Christ as the True Light]() - [Christina of Denmark, Ducchess of Milan \(detail\)]() - [Christina of Denmark, Ducchess of Milan]() - [Courtier of Henry VIII and his Wife]() - [Darmstadt Madonna \(detail\)]() - [Darmstadt Madonna \(detail\)]() - [Darmstadt Madonna \(detail\)]() - [Darmstadt Madonna]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()