# Hans Roth \[reverse\], in 16th-century Germany

Bernhard Strigel painted this in 1527, aged 67. It is now at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.

Our note:

> The back of Bernhard Strigel’s 1527 portrait of Hans Roth carries his coat of arms: a black and gold shield beneath a crest from which a unicorn-like creature emerges, all set on a deep red ground.

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## The work

- Date: 1527
- Medium: oil on panel
- Dimensions: overall (visible surface): 42.6 x 3 cm (16 3/4 x 1 3/16 in.) framed: 49.6 x 37 cm (19 1/2 x 14 9/16 in.)
- Type: Painting
- Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1947.6.4.b
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Bernhard Strigel](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/bernhard-strigel), German, 1460/1461–1528

Strigel came from a family of painters in Memmingen in Swabia, where he worked for most of his life.

3 works in the collection.

## Walk on

- [More by Bernhard Strigel](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/bernhard-strigel?hang=749) (3 works)
- [More Northern Renaissance](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/northern-renaissance?hang=749) (62 works)
- [The 16th century](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16?hang=749) (210 works)

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