Hans Holbein the Younger
Hermann von Wedigh III (died 1560)
153242.2 x 32.4 cm, with added strip of 1.3 cm at bottom
Oil and gold on oak
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Bequest of Edward S. Harkness, 1940
Provenance
Grafen Schönborn, later Schönborn-Buchheim, Schönborn Gallery, Vienna (by 1746–1903; inv., 1746)
Friedrich Karl, 10th Graf von Schönborn-Buchheim, Vienna (1903–23; cat., 1905, nr. 41, as "Portrait of a Man"; sold for Fr 1,200,000 to Duveen)
with Duveen, London, Paris, and New York, 1923
Mr. and Mrs. Frank D. Stout, Chicago (1923–35; sold by Mrs. Stout's estate to Knoedler)
with Knoedler, New York, 1935–36; sold to Harkness
Edward S. Harkness, New York (1936–d. 1940; life interest to his widow, Mary Stillman Harkness, 1940–d. 1950)
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Other works by Hans Holbein the Younger
Thomas Godsalve and His Son Sir John
1528
1528
Portrait of a Man in a Red Cap
1532-35
1532-35
Derick Berck of Cologne
1536
1536
Passion Altarpiece
c. 1524-26
c. 1524-26
Portrait of Antoine, Duke of Lorraine