# St Barbara

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## Artwork

- Artist: [HOLBEIN, Hans the Elder](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/holbein-hans-the-elder-r5c184af1ad5422>)
- Date: 1451-1500
- Technique: Wood, 150 x 47 cm

## Commentary

St Barbara is characterized by her attributes of the chalice and the large tower on the right of the landscape, and additionally by the inscription on the frieze carried on columns over her head. The arch-like architecture framing the fashionably dressed figure is made up of classicising set pieces, but it is not an architecture that recognizes the laws of construction, as the individual building elements are put together without any structural logic.

## Related artworks

- [Ambrosius and Hans Holbein](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/holbein-hans-the-elder-r5c184af1ad5422/ambrosius-and-hans-holbein-r1fcec677097bc6>)
- [Death of the Virgin \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/holbein-hans-the-elder-r5c184af1ad5422/death-of-the-virgin-detail-r099e276a26bd6c>)
- [Death of the Virgin](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/holbein-hans-the-elder-r5c184af1ad5422/death-of-the-virgin-rf21741707bcda5>)
- [Kaisheim Altarpiece \(outer view of the wings\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/holbein-hans-the-elder-r5c184af1ad5422/kaisheim-altarpiece-outer-view-of-the-wings-r5b471cf387a9cc>)
- [Portrait of a Man](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/holbein-hans-the-elder-r5c184af1ad5422/portrait-of-a-man-r3f95b8e6f52843>)
- [Portrait of a Woman](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/holbein-hans-the-elder-r5c184af1ad5422/portrait-of-a-woman-rc5b8540221197e>)
- [Portrait of the Artist&#39;s Sons](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/holbein-hans-the-elder-r5c184af1ad5422/portrait-of-the-artists-sons-r595daf47e8dc3e>)
- [The head of a crossbowman taking aim](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/holbein-hans-the-elder-r5c184af1ad5422/the-head-of-a-crossbowman-taking-aim-r26c6797dd977a6>)
- [The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/holbein-hans-the-elder-r5c184af1ad5422/the-martyrdom-of-saint-sebastian-r86c57f805aeed0>)
- [Virgin and Child](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/holbein-hans-the-elder-r5c184af1ad5422/virgin-and-child-r25a92ed729e6e6>)
- [Virgin and Child with St Anne](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/holbein-hans-the-elder-r5c184af1ad5422/virgin-and-child-with-st-anne-r4205ea517a7db4>)
- [Wings of the Kaisheim Altarpiece \(inner view\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/holbein-hans-the-elder-r5c184af1ad5422/wings-of-the-kaisheim-altarpiece-inner-view-r0a60e01fa54399>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)