Notes The only fully signed and dated painting by Brosamer is a portrait of Chancellor Johannes von Othera of Fulda (1536; private collection, Switzerland). The MMA painting is recorded as having the monogram "HB," the date 1524, and "KATHARINA MERIAN AET. 38." inscribed on the verso (see Ref. Lehner 1871), but this inscription is no longer visible. It has been grouped stylistically with a number of portraits bearing the artist's monogram and also provisionally attributed to Brosamer.
Provenance Fürsten von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Meersburg and Sigmaringen; Fürst Karl Anton von Hohenzollern, Sigmaringen (by 1871–d. 1885; cat., 1871, no. 54, inv. 2182, as by HB; cat., 1883, no. 54, as by HB); Fürst Leopold von Hohenzollern, Sigmaringen (1885–d. 1905); Fürst Wilhelm von Hohenzollern, Sigmaringen (1905–d. 1927); Fürst Friedrich von Hohenzollern, Sigmaringen (1927–28 or soon after; cat., 1928, no. 13); Han Coray, Erlenbach, Switzerland (until 1930; his sale, Wertheim, Berlin, October 1, 1930, no. 42, as by Brosamer, to Bottenwieser); [Paul Bottenwieser, Berlin, 1930–at least 1931]; [P. Jackson Higgs, New York, until 1932; sale, American Art Association/Anderson Galleries, New York, December 7–9, 1932, no. 26, for $725 to Fox]; William Fox, New York (from 1932); Mrs. William Fox, New York (until 1942; sale, Kende Galleries, New York, December 1–2, 1942, no. 35, for $750); Mr. and Mrs. Jack Linsky, New York (until his d. 1980); The Jack and Belle Linsky Foundation, New York, (1980–82)
Exhibition History Frankfurt. Städelschen Kunstinstitut. "Sigmaringer Sammlungen," 1928, no. 13.
References F. A. Lehner. Fürstlich Hohenzollern'sches Museum zu Sigmaringen: Verzeichniss der Gemälde . Sigmaringen, 1871, p. 16, no. 54, inv. no. 2182.Fürstlich Hohenzollern'sches Museum zu Sigmaringen: Verzeichniss der Gemälde . 2nd ed. Sigmaringen, 1883, p. 18, no. 54.in Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler . 5, Leipzig, 1911, p. 66.Städel-Jahrbuch 3–4 (1924), p. 64, fig. 59.Der Cicerone 20 (July 1928), pp. 455–56.A Catalogue of German Paintings of the Middle Ages and Renaissance in American Collections . Cambridge, Mass., 1936, p. 90, no. 410.Zeitschrift des Deutschen Vereins für Kunstwissenschaft 8 (1941), pp. 233–35, fig. 28.Zeitschrift für Kunstwissenschaft 14 (1960), pp. 74, 77–78.in "Nürnberger Bildnisse nach 1520." Kunstgeschichtliche Studien für Kurt Bauch zum 70. Geburtstag von seinen Schülern . Munich, 1967, pp. 120–21, fig. 5.Wallraf-Richartz-Jahrbuch 39 (1977), p. 87, fig. 6.in The Jack and Belle Linsky Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art . New York, 1984, pp. 107–8, no. 39, ill. (color).Textiler Hausrat: Kleidung und Haustextilien in Nürnberg von 1500–1650 . Munich, 1990, p. 131, fig. 121.
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