This portrait of doctor Heinrich Wolff, the stadtphysikus (city physician) in 16th century Nuremberg, is one of the highlights in the sale at Wendl in Rudolstadt on October 22-24.
It was painted in 1562 by the Belgian artist Nicolaus Neufchâtel, who fled the persecution of Calvinists in the Spanish Netherlands and established himself as a portrait painter in Nuremberg. Research by the consignor uncovered the identity of the sitter and details of the provenance, reaching back to the late 17th century.