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Portrait of Melchior Hornlocher
From the collection of Kunstmuseum Basel. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
The two portrait panels Inv. 80 and 81 are matching pairs. The cutler Melchior Hornlocher (1539–1619) married Katharina Aeder (1545–1629), daughter of the mint master, in 1563. Coming from the artisan class, he quickly rose through the ranks of the city council, culminating in the office of mayor in 1609. His appointment as a city councillor in 1576 may have prompted the commission for these portraits.
Kunstmuseum Basel’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineBildnis des Melchior Hornlocher. 1577. Hans Bock d. Ä. (um 1550/52–1624). Kunstmuseum Basel, Geschenk von Melchior Nörbel als Erben von Helene Müller-Hornlocher. Public domain.
