Hermann von Wedigh III (died 1560), 1532, Oil and gold on oak, 16 5/8 x 12 3/4 in. (42.2 x 32.4 cm), with added strip of 1/2 in. (1.3 cm) at bottom, Paintings, Hans Holbein the Younger (German, Augsburg 1497/98–1543 London), During his second sojourn in England (1532–43) Holbein made portraits for a new clientele, the German merchants of the Hanseatic League, whose guildhall was located in the London Steelyard. The sitter, whose ring displays the arms of the Wedighs of Cologne, is probably Hermann von Wedigh III, portrayed at age twenty-nine
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Hermann von Wedigh III, died 1560, 1532, Oil, gold, oak, 16 5/8 x 12 3/4, 42.2 32.4 cm, added strip, 1/2, 1.3, bottom, Paintings, Hans Holbein the Younger, German, Augsburg, 1497/98–1543, London, second sojourn, England, 1532–43, Holbein, portraits, new clientele, German merchants, Hanseatic League, guildhall, located, London Steelyard, sitter, ring displays, arms, Wedighs, Cologne, Wedigh, III, portrayed, age twenty-nine
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