Lot 8: Lorenz Strauch (Nuremberg 1554-1630) Bust of a

Lorenz Strauch
(Nuremberg 1554-1630)
Bust of a councilman in a black waistcoat and white ruff,
monogrammed left of centre: LS (ligated), inscribed and dated at lower right: Aetatis suae 37 Ao 1605, with several cuttings from old auction catalogues on the reverse,
oil on panel, 40 x 31 cm, framed
The Nuremberg-based painter Lorenz Strauch was a highly esteemed and productive portraitist of the wealthy patricians of his native town.
Provenance: Private Collection K.M., Frankfurt;
Sale Kunsthaus Wilhelm Ettle, Frankfurt, 20th and 21st May 1941, Lot 130, sold on behalf of Chief Prosecutor and Finance Office Moabit West, Berlin;
Sale Kunsthaus Heinrich Hahn, Frankfurt, 13th and 14th April 1943, Lot 188;
Sale Kunstauktion Kärntner Straße, Vienna, 21st June 1944, Lot 248;
Private Collection, Vienna