Lot 28: Attributed to Hieronymus Lang , Schaffhausen circa 1520 - 1582 coat of arms with saint james holding an arrow, the donor standing alongside Pen and black and brown ink; vertical and horizontal creases; bears monogram, upper center: HHA ; bears

Pen and black and brown ink; vertical and horizontal creases; bears monogram, upper center: HHA ; bears lengthy inscription and date in cartouche: Sieh wer du bist, der Tod gewüss ist, ungewüss die / Stund, Redt Gottes Mund. - . / Imago Joh: Asper, Pictoris, Anno Aetatis Suae 41.- 1540 ; bears monogram of Hans Caspar Lang in brown ink, verso : HCL

measurements note 269 by 198 mm

Hans Caspar Lang, his monogram, verso;
Johann Caspar Lavater, his inscription in cartouche;
with Paul Ganz, Basel, from whom purchased, 1924

The unidentified patron seems not to have been a Swiss citizen, as he does not wear a Swiss dagger. Thöne has, however, suggested that he must have been a butcher ,on the basis of the cleaver that surmounts his coat of arms.