Portrait of Sebald Haller von Hallerstein (1500–1578)

Artist Hans Brosamer German, circa 1500–circa 1554

Date1528

MediumOil on panel

Dimensions19 x 13 in. (48.3 x 33 cm)
Frame: 22 1/4 x 16 7/8 x 2 in. (56.5 x 42.9 x 5.1 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the State of North Carolina

Object number52.9.133

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Label TextThe inscription on the painting reads “S. Haller in his twenty-eighth year in 1528.” In the early 1960s, a living member of the Haller family confirmed the man’s identity as Sebald Haller von Hallerstein, a citizen of Nuremberg (Holy Roman Empire) who resided in the city at the time this portrait was painted. It was likely completed soon after the noble Haller family adopted the additional aristocratic name von Hallerstein in March 1528. Sebald displays the new family blazon on his signet ring.

Nuremberg’s government officially accepted Luther’s new religion in 1525, causing citizens to quickly shift allegiance from one faith to another.
[L. Humphrey, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," 2022]ProvenanceThe Haller Family, Erfurt; E. Proel, Amsterdam; F. Steinmayer, Lucerne. (See also letter from Hallerstein to Bier, 4/24/71, in file)
Published ReferencesFrank and Rutley Knight, The Margrave Pallavicini Collection (London: J. Davy & Sons, Ltd. 1927), 14, illus.

Irene Kunze, "Der Meister HB mit dem Griefenkopf-Ein Beitrag zur Brosamer-Forschung." Zeitschrift des Deutschen Vereins für Kunstwissenschaft 8 Heft 314 (Berlin, 1941), 209-238.

W. R. Valentiner, Catalogue of Paintings: Including Three Sets of Tapestries (Raleigh, North Carolina Museum of Art, 1956), no. 163, illus. (b-w).

Sebastian Schmidt, Abbild/Selbstbild: Das Porträt in Nürnberg um 1500 (Wiesbaden: Harassowitz Verlag, 2018), no. 98, illus. and verso (color) 385, figs. 98a and 98b.

Achim Bovelett, Verwikkelingen: In en Rond de Familie Proehl Voor en Tijdens WO2 (Digital: CreateSpace Independent Publising Platform, 2015), illus. (color)Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," October 7, 2022–present. Object Rights Statement

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