1525 · Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg

This painting is the right part of a portrait diptych representing Hans and Barbara Straub. Hans Straub was the son of a wealthy merchant in Nuremberg. He married Barbara Pirckheimer, daughter of Willibald Pirckheimer (1470-1530), a German Renaissance lawyer, author and humanist, a wealthy and prominent figure in Nuremberg in the 16th century, and a member of the governing City Council for two periods.Show more