Hans BALDUNG GRIEN (Schwäbisch Gmünd circa 1484/85-Strasbour - Lot 68

Hans BALDUNG GRIEN (Schwäbisch Gmünd circa 1484/85-Strasbourg 1545) Portrait of Susanna Pfeffinger (Sélestat 1465-Strasbourg 1538), wife of Friedrich Prechter, in three-quarter bust to the left, 1517 Silverpoint on paper prepared with bone powder 15.7 x 10.4 cm Monogrammed HB upper left and dated 1517 upper right Later inscription in pen and brown ink at top: Susanna Pfeffinger Caroli filia + 1604 zu Markirch [Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines]. Ux: Friedrici Prechter. Framing line in pen and black ink on the edges of the paper. Verso, window over an early 16th-century inscription in pen and brown ink: Susanna pfeffingerin/ fridrich prechter des/ älteren hußfrouw A° et. 17. On the more recent mounting sheet, inscription in pen and brown ink: Susanna Pfeffingerin Friederich Brechter des ältern hùs. Fraù. 1517 Bezeichnet von hohlbein. 1538. Den 29. Aùgst. Gestorben. The design is first doubled and then doubled to the size of the mount. Horizontal fold at neck level; horizontal trace in slight relief of the first doubling through the headdress; two small spots on the left, one at forehead level, the other above the breast. Provenance: - Remained in the model's family by descent since the early 16th century; - Susanna Pfeffinger (1465-1538), wife of Friedrich Prechter (1450-1528) ; - Henricus Pfeffinger (1490-1573), her brother; - Karolus Pfeffinger (1520-1592), son of the latter; - Johann Friedrich Pfeffinger (?-1595), his son; - Johann Friedericus II Pfeffinger (1593-1654); - Johann Friedrich XI Pfeffinger (1617-1679); - Johann Heinrich Pfeffinger (1644-1675); - Johann Pfeffinger (1670-1731); - Johann Daniel Pfeffinger (1703-1770) ; - Johannes I Pfeffinger (1728-1782) ; - Johannes II Pfeffinger (1758-1817) ; - Jeanne Louise Pfeffinger (1799-1875); - Then by descent Bibliography : - Histoire de Strasbourg des origines à nos jours, 1981, tome 2, ed. Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace, under the direction of G.Livet and F.Rapp, repr. p.308, fig.44 - Théodore Rieger, Hans Baldung Grien en Alsace, pour le 500e anniversaire de sa naissance, Langue et Culture régionales, Cahier n°8, (1987), online digital reprint, 2014, repr. p.48, without caption or link to text - Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace, January 8, 2001, Les Prechter, une famille de marchands, drawing repr. Related works : - Early 16th-century Strasbourg master, Pfeffinger family coat-of-arms, Albertina, inv. 3227, circa 1510 (?), stained glass project (Büheler provenance). Reproduced in Holger Jacob-Friesen Hans Baldung Grien, sacré/profane, Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, ed. Deutscher Kunstverlag, 2019-2020, p.163 - Early 16th century Strasbourg master, Prechter family coat of arms, Bern, Bernisches Historisches Museum, n°inv. 20036.5(Wyss l.5). Reproduced in Rolf Hasler, Einer Eidgenossenschaft zu Lob. Entwürfe zu Schweizer Glasgemälden des 16. Und 17. Jahrhunderts: Die Scheibenriss-Sammlung Wyss, Bern, 1996, n°78, repr. p.60 - Workshop of Hans Baldung Grien, Coat of arms of Friedrich Prechter the Younger, circa 1512 (?), Albertina, inv. 3229 (Büheler provenance), first sketch. Friedrich Prechter the Younger was the son of Friedrich Prechter the Elder and Susanna Pfeffinger. - Hans Baldung Grien and a Strasbourg glass painter, Coat of arms of Friedrich Prechter the Younger, circa 1512 (?), Coburg (see Robert Stiassny, Hans Baldung Griens Wappenzeichnungen in Coburg, Wien, 1896, no. 25, plate VIII; Carl Koch, Die Zeichnungen Hans Baldung Griens, Berlin,1941, no. 79, reproduced; edited by Holger Jacob-Friesen, Hans Baldung Grien, sacré/profane, Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, ed. Deutscher Kunstverlag, 2019-2020, no. 59, reproduced; and Hans Baldung Grien Neue Perspektiven auf sein Werk, p.171, fig.2. Expert : Cabinet de BAYSER Patrick and Augustin de BAYSER 69, rue Saint-Anne 75002 PARIS Phone : +33 (0)1 47 03 49 87 Email: expert@debayser.com This drawing, which is of major historical and artistic interest to the national heritage, was classified as a National Treasure by order of the Minister of Culture dated March 20, 2026 (JORF n°0069 of March 21, 2026) following the opinion of the Commission consultative des trésors nationaux n°2026-02 (JORF n°0069 of March 21, 2026).