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Portrait of Bonifacius Amerbach
The painting shows how quotations from the Bible and the Greek Church Fathers could be used to promote a distinctive Christian identity. The Greek inscription in the lower left corner is from 1 Tim. 6, 6 ("Godliness with contentment is great gain"), which Amerbach also used to adorn his coat of arms. Another Greek inscription ("in one, all") is placed on either side of Amerbach's head and recalls …
Creator
- Jacob Clauser
- http://viaf.org/viaf/13491021
- Edward Grant
Subject
- Bonifacius Amerbach
- Bonifacius Amerbach
Date
- 1557
- 1557
Medium
- Oil on wood
Creator
- Jacob Clauser
- http://viaf.org/viaf/13491021
- Edward Grant
Subject
- Bonifacius Amerbach
- Bonifacius Amerbach
Date
- 1557
- 1557
Medium
- Oil on wood
Providing institution
Aggregator
Intermediate provider
- MUSEU_HUB
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Temporal
- 16th century
- 16th century
Places
- Kunstmuseum Basel
Provenance
- Basel, Kunstmuseum
Identifier
- Inv. 388
- 039_Id_14
Format
- Painting
Language
- Greek
- Latin
- lat
- ell
Is part of
- GrECI
Year
- 1557
Providing country
- Cyprus
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2024-08-15T09:24:08.045Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2024-08-20T17:09:39.214Z