page_title: Andreas Cratander
hierarchical_section_title: Andreas Cratander
caption_attribution_description: English: Printer's Device for Andreas Cratander. Metalcut, 7.8 × 60 cm 13.5 × 10.1 cm, Kunstmuseum Basel. The Roman goddess portrayed is Occasio, like Kairos, with whose attributes Holbein invests her, a goddess of opportunity. The Greek motto translates: "In all things it is best to take advantage of the right time". Holbein here uses decorative motifs familiar from his previous work, such as the squat columns that appear in his portraits of Jakob and Dorothea Mayer and the segmented arch border (Christian Rümelin, in Müller et al, p. 491).
context_page_description: Andreas Cratander was a Swiss printer, publisher, and book seller. Based in Basel, his workshop is estimated to have published at least 150 individual works between 1518 and 1535, predominantly Latin and Greek classics in their original languages.
context_section_description: Andreas Cratander (born Andreas Hartmann in Strasbourg, ca. 1490; died 1540) was a Swiss printer, publisher, and book seller. Based in Basel, his workshop is estimated to have published at least 150 individual works between 1518 and 1535, predominantly Latin and Greek classics in their original languages.
caption: Printer's Device for Andreas Cratander, designed by Hans Holbein the Younger and metalcut by Jacob Faber, 1522. The Greek motto translates: "In all things it is best to take advantage of the right time."[1]
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