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Portrait of the merchant Hans Finn the Elder
Inscribed upper right at the time the work was painted: HANS FYNN / SEINES ALTERS. 54. IAR. / 1591. And inscribed after the sitter's death: verschid den 26. September. / A° 1606.
74 x 68.5 cm.
Three-quarter-length portrait of the man, turned slightly to the right, holding a leather glove in his right hand, a fine fashionable ruff adorning his neck. Hans Finn (1537 – 26 September 1606), whose surname also appears in variants such as Fynn, Fyn or Fien, was married to Elisabeth. In 1578 he purchased a house near the Weinmarkt (Karlstraße 5) with side buildings, a central house, a garden and a rear building at Maxplatz 22. The Finns traded in mercury and silk goods. Towards the end of his life they were in business contact with the Dillherr and Peller families, and from 1604 until well into the 18th century members of the family sat on the Genanntenkollegium (Council of the Named).
Literature: Cf. Peter Zahn, Die deutschen Inschriften DI, vol. 68 = Münchner Reihe, vol. 11, Nuremberg, part vol. 2 (1581–1608), Wiesbaden 2008, p. 158. Cf. Leo Schuster, Die Rolle der Nürnberger Kaufherren am Fondaco dei Tedeschi, in Mitt. StB Nbg. 11, 1962, p. 50.
Provenance:
Lempertz, auction 1245, lot 1212.
South German private collection.
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