Portrait of Bonifacius Amerbach, bust-length, in a black costume and hat, beside a marble plaque

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After Hans Holbein the Younger
Portrait of Bonifacius Amerbach, bust-length, in a black costume and hat, beside a marble plaque
with signature, date and inscription 'ICTA LICET FAC...VI/.AE NON CEDO S...TAE/..M DOMINI IVSTIS NO/BILE LINEOLIS: 2../OCTO IS. UM PERAVIT/:PIEIH SIC GNAVITER...M/.D Q.OD NATVRAE .ST/EXPRIMIT ARTIS O..S/BON. ARMOR..ACC..VM/IO. HOLBEIN DEPINGEBAT/A.M.D XIX.PRID.EID...TBA' (centre left, on the plaque)
oil on panel
7¾ x 7 7/8 in. (19.8 x 20 cm.)

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Lot Essay

After the portrait in the Öffentliche Kunstsammlung, Basle (inv. no. 314).

Bonifacius Amerbach was the son of the Basle publisher Johanes Amerbach (1430-1513). Rather than follow in publishing Bonifacius studied the law, later becoming Professor of Law at the lUniversity of Basel. At the University he be-friended Erasum of Rotterdam, so much so that he made him sole heir to his property. Amongst the items left to Erasmus were several works by Hans Holbein the Younger, presumably also the original work the present lot is based upon.

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