page_title: Solothurn Madonna
hierarchical_section_title: Solothurn Madonna
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Martinskirche Basel
context_page_description: The Solothurn Madonna is a 1522 painting produced by Hans Holbein the Younger in Basel. It shows the Virgin Mary and Christ enthroned, flanked by Martin of Tours and Ursus of Solothurn.
  The church which originally commissioned it is unknown, but it resurfaced in 1864 in poor condition in the Allerheiligenkapelle in the Grenchen district of Solothurn. It has been owned by the town of Solothurn since 1879 and it has been named after the town since the late 19th century. After the Darmstadt Madonna the Solothurn Madonna is the second largest surviving Madonna by Hans Holbein the Younger.
context_section_description: The Solothurn Madonna is a 1522 painting produced by Hans Holbein the Younger in Basel. It shows the Virgin Mary and Christ enthroned, flanked by Martin of Tours (shown as a bishop giving alms to a beggar) and Ursus of Solothurn (shown as a soldier in armour).
  The church which originally commissioned it is unknown, but it resurfaced in 1864 in poor condition in the Allerheiligenkapelle in the Grenchen district of Solothurn. It has been owned by the town of Solothurn since 1879 and it has been named after the town since the late 19th century. After the Darmstadt Madonna the Solothurn Madonna is the second largest surviving Madonna by Hans Holbein the Younger.
caption: The Martinskirche in Basel, probably the original home of the Solothurn Madonna
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