Portrait of Bonifacius Amerbach [Ask Us A Question] Title: Portrait of Bonifacius Amerbach 1519 Artist: Hans Holbein (the Younger) (1497 - 1543) Oil on pinewood, 28,5 x 27,4 cm, Kunstmuseum, Öffentliche Kunstsammlung, Basle, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Description: Bonifacius Amerbach (1495-1562) studied both law and classical antiquity in Basle and then Freiburg. In 1520 he went to Avignon to continue his studies under the writer, lawyer, and music theoretician Andreas Alciatus (1492-1550), known as Alciat. In 1525, Amerbach finally gained a chair in Roman law at the important university of Basle. His distinctive position as a scholar is revealed by his friendship with Erasmus, who named him as his sole heir. Like Bonifacius Amerbach, his son Basilius also became a passionate collector of Holbein's works, collecting them in the "Amerbach Cabinet," which later formed the core of Basle's art museum. The year 1519 was marked by civic success for Holbein; he was made a Master in the painters' guild `zum Himmel', took up Basle citizenship and married. Until this date much of his daily work had been for the decorative arts, particularly glass-painting and book-illustration, but a new emphasis on portraiture, fomented by the success of the Meyer commission, first emerges with this piece. Holbein was lucky to have Amerbach as a friend and patron; the dogged and determined gaze of the withal kindly scholar, eventually Professor of Law at the university, was to be borne out in his assiduous collecting of Holbein's Basle oeuvre. The work is more painterly than the Meyer double-portrait and uses classical references with more confidence, as is appropriate in a portrayal of Amerbach in academic black. The panel bears Amerbach's own words of praise for the artist's truthfulness to nature and it also serves, pictorially, to emphasize the depth of illusory picture-space. As a result sitter and background are well-integrated, and real poetic feeling is glimpsed in the distant snow-covered mountains and chill blue sky. Media: Genuine 100% Hand Painted Oil Paintings On Canvas. Quality: Museum Quality, Brilliant Oil Painting Creation! This painting is availble in any other size. We just list standard size below. Our Guarantee: Highest Quality & Lowest Price! Note: We do not stretch or frame .... that is best done at your local discount frame store. It will be delivered in a roll tube to protect the quality. Price -Was: $54.4529.95 USD Shipping Cost: $29.99 for 1st item, $14.99 for 2nd item. So the more you order, the more you save on Shipping & Handling cost! Ships within 2 weeks Portrait of Bonifacius Amerbach - Size (16x20 in. - 40x50 cm) - 39.95USD Portrait of Bonifacius Amerbach - Size (20x24 in. - 50x60 cm) - 69.95USD Portrait of Bonifacius Amerbach - Size (12x16 in. - 30x40 cm) - 29.95USD The More You Order, The Less You Pay!

Portrait of Bonifacius Amerbach

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