LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on panel

Measurements:

19.49 in. (49.50 cm.) (height) by 16.38 in. (41.60 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated 'Ao M D LXI / HM' ('HM' linked, upper left), inscribed 'SIC OCVLOS DOCTOR MEDICo, / SIC ORA FEREBAM / VT PICTA HEC GRAPHICA / MONSTRAT IMAGO / MANV, / MK D AETATIS / Ao LX.' (upper right), inscribed 'APHORISMI. / HIPPOCRATIS' (lower centre, on the book) and with the sitter's coat-of-arms (upper right)

Condition:

unframed

Literature:

K. Löcher, Hans Mielich 1516-1573. Bildnismaler in München, Munich, 2002, p. 86, no. 60, fig. 60, as 'South German[?], attributed to Hans Mielich'.K. Löcher, 'Der Maler Hans Mielich, seine Bedeutung für die Malerei der Renaissance in Bayern', in Das Kleinodienbuch der Herzogin Anna von Bayern. Handschrift Cod. icon. 429 der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek München. Kommentar, Berlin, 2008, p. 89.