Property restituted to the Heir of Jacques Goudstikker
Hans Schöpfer the Elder
Portrait of Achaz Busch (b. c. 1464), half-length, wearing a black tunic, a fur shawl and a wreath of carnations
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20,000 - 30,000 GBP
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Property restituted to the Heir of Jacques Goudstikker
Hans Schöpfer the Elder
Munich 1504–1575
Portrait of Achaz Busch (b. c. 1464), half-length, wearing a black tunic, a fur shawl and a wreath of carnations
monogrammed upper left: HS; dated and inscribed upper centre: Als man · ao · M D XXXII· hat zallt · also bin / ich achacz Busch hoffmaister zue freysingen / gewesen gestallt · vnd im · lxviiii, jar allt
oil on pine panel
unframed: 61.9 x 45.4 cm.; 24⅜ x 17⅞ in.
framed: 83.5 x 68.6 cm.; 32⅞ x 27 in.
Probably commissioned by Philip of the Palatinate, Prince-Bishop of Freising and Naumburg (1480–1541), in 1532;
Ducal Art Chamber, Munich, by 1598 (inv. no. 3073);
With Paul or Rudolph Bottenwieser, Berlin;
From whom acquired by Jacques Goudstikker, Amsterdam, in 1924 (inv. no. 1228, as Hans Schöpfer the Younger);
From whom acquired by Hermann Göring (1893–1946) through forced sale, Amsterdam, in July 1940;
From whom acquired by Alois Miedl (1903–1970), Amsterdam, around September 1940;
From whom acquired by Wilhelm Henrich, Frankfurt am Main, in November 1940;
By whom sold anonymously, Frankfurt am Main, Heinrich Hahn, 6 March 1941, lot 4 (as Hans Schöpfer the Elder, Portrait), for 5,000 Reichsmarks;
Where acquired by Kurt Schwarzweller (d. 1973), a Frankfurt art historian, on behalf of Konrad Schießl, Director of the Municipal Museums (1889–1970), Munich;
Recovered by Monuments Officers and transferred to the Munich Central Collecting Point (MCCP. nr. 37428) in September 1946;
Returned to the Lenbachhaus, Munich, in March 1949;
Restituted to the heir of Jacques Goudstikker in 2024.
Catalogue de la collection Goudstikker d'Amsterdam: exposée dans les locaux du Schilderkundig Genostschap 'Pulchri Studio', exh. cat., series no. 28, n.p., no. 111 (as Hans Schöpfer the Younger, Portrait of a man);
K. Löcher, Hans Schöpfer der Ältere: ein münchner maler des 16. jahrhunderts, Munich 1995, pp. 25–26, reproduced on p. 27, fig. 10 (as Hans Schöpfer the Elder, Portrait of Achaz Busch).
The Hague, Pulchri Studio, La collection Goudstikker d'Amsterdam, November 1924, no. 111;
On long-term view at the Lenbachhaus, Munich, c. 1949–2024.
Dated 1532 and monogrammed with the artist's distinctive ladle symbol, upper left, this engaging portrait by Hans Schöpfer the Elder depicts Achaz Busch: the Freising Court Master. In 1514 and 1515, Busch was recorded in the Great Committee as ambassador to the Imperial Court and from 1516 onwards, he was ambassador to the Ducal Court in Munich, as well as assuming the role of regional secretary and messenger. In 1526, he was on the Grand Committee for the Munich Revenue Office and three years later, in 1529, Busch was knighted.
Schöpfer trained in Munich, where he remained all his life, being elected leader of the painter's guild in 1538. Although he was active at the Court of William IV, Duke of Bavaria (1493–1550), painting numerous Wittelsbach portraits, he likewise produced portraits of the merchant classes.
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