Portrait of a Man (possibly from the Haug family)
Artist
Hans Holbein the Elder
(German, ca. 1464 - 1524)
CultureGerman
Date1515-1517
MediumOil on panel
DimensionsOverall, Frame: 23 1/2 × 18 1/4 × 3 5/8 in. (59.7 × 46.4 × 9.2 cm)
InscribedOn stone arch top: 1515 or 17
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.485
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Not on viewLabel TextHans Holbein the Elder German, ca. 1465–1524 Portrait of a Man, ca. 1516 Oil on wood Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.485 ProvenanceThe von Hertenstein Family, 1517-1826; Franz Ludwig von Hertenstein, Lucerne, Switzerland, 1826, Marquard Wocher, 1826; Wynn Ellis, London, England, 1921; Kleinberger Galleries, New York, NY, 1924; Jacob Epstein, Baltimore, MD; E. and A. Silberman Galleries, New York, NY; Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.; Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. to the Chrysler Museum, 1971. Exhibition History"Gemalde und Skulpturen, 1430-1530, Schweiz und Angrenzende Gebiete," Kunsthaus, Zurich, Switzerland, 1921. (Exhib. cat. no. 86, as Hans Holbein the Younger, lent by an English private collection). "Dutch Old Masters from the Collection of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.," March 17 - April 14, 1950, University of Miami Arts Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida. (Exhib. cat. no. 2). "An Exhibition of Dutch, Flemish and German Paintings form the Collection of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.," The Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL, Jan. 6 - Feb. 16, 1957; George Washington University, Washington D.C., March 3 - April 6, 1957; Atlanta Art Association and High Museum, Atlanta, Georgia, April 21 - May 18, 1957; Brooks Gallery, Memphis, TN, June 2 - June 30, 1957; The Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, Columbus, OH, July 21 - Sept. 8, 1957; The Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, TX, Sept. 29 - Oct. 31, 1957; The Columbus Museum of Arts and Crafts, Columbus, GA, Nov. 17 - Dec. 22, 1957; The Isaac Delgado Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA, Jan. 5 - Feb. 9, 1958; The Norton Gallery of Art, West Palm Beach, FL, Feb. 20 - march 15, 1958; The Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC, March 23 - April 20, 1958; The George T. Hunter Gallery, Chattanooga, TN, May 1 - June 1, 1958. "Behind the Seen: The Chrysler's Hidden Museum," Large Changing Gallery, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., October 21, 2005 - February 19, 2006. “Renaissance in the North: Art of Augsburg in the Age of the Fuggers,” Städel Museum, Frankfurt, Germany, November 2, 2023 - February 18, 2024; Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria, March 19 - June 30, 2024.Published ReferencesPaul Ganz. "A Portrait by Hans Holbein the Younger," BURLINGTON MAGAZINE. 05/1921: pp. 210-211. Paul Ganz. _The Paintings of Hans Holbein_ New York: Phaidon and Oxford University Press. 1950: p. 255, no. 28. Paul Ganz. "Hans Holbein the Elder New Contributions to His Art of Portraiture," _The Connoisseur_ No. VI. 04/1954: pp. 78-79. Bertina S. Manning. _CHRYSLER ART MUSEUM OF PROVINCETOWN INAUGURAL EXHIBITION_ Provincetown, Massachusetts: Chrysler Art Museum of Provincetown. 07/1958: pp. 18-19; illustrated p. 71, no. 31. Exhibition catalogue. _An Exhibition of Dutch, Flemish, and German Paintings from the Collection of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr._ New York: Birmingham Publishing Company. 1957: pp. 19-20. John Rowlands. _Holbein: The Paintings of Hans Holbein the Younger_ Oxford: Phaidon Press Limited. 1985: p. 26; p. 227 cat. # R.2, plate #203. Bruno Bushart. _Hans Holbein der Ältre_ 1st and 2nd edition. Augsburg: Verlag Hofmann-Druck for Augsburger Holbein-Kuratorium. 1987: pp. 124-125; color ill. p. 125. Jochen Sander, _Hans Holbein D. J.: Tafelmaler in Basel, 1515-1532_ (München: Hirmer Verlag, 2005), 67. Guido Messling and Jochen Sander, eds., _Renaissance in the North: Holbein, Burgkmair, and the Age of the Fuggers_ (Frankfurt: Hirmer in association with Städel Museum and Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna, 2023) 304-305, fig. 4.12.
