The ''Portrait of Hieronymus Holzschuher'' is a painting by German Renaissance master

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, dated from 1526, now housed in the Gemäldegalerie of

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...

, Germany. The signature is in the upper left corner, and reads ''HIERONIMVS HOLTZSCHVER ANNO DO II 1526 ETATIS SVE 57''. The work was executed in

Nuremberg Nuremberg ( ; german: link=no, Nürnberg ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the second-largest city of the German state of Bavaria after its capital Munich, and its 518,370 (2019) inhabitants make it the 14th-largest ...

, the same year in which the German artist portrayed Johann Kleberger and Jakob Muffel. Holzschuher was a local patrician who was senator and

septemvir In ancient Rome, a septemvir was one of seven men appointed to execute a commission. The term ''septemviri'' was used to refer to such a commission collectively. Seven-man commissions were appointed to serve both secular and religious purposes. One ...

in its councils. The panel has the same dimensions as the portrait of Muffel, and thus it has been speculated that they could have been commissioned for some official celebration and exhibited in the city's town hall.

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{{Authority control 1526 paintings Holzschuher Holzschuher, Hieronymus Paintings in the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin

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