Portrait of Hermann Hillebrandt de Wedigh

Portrait of Hermann Hillebrandt de Wedigh is an oil and tempera on oak painting completed in 1533 by Hans Holbein the Younger, now in the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin.

"[3] The subject stands directly facing the viewer, the left hand holding his buff-coloured gloves, and the right half hidden by the heavy dark-brown cloak.

A related portrait, Hermann von Wedigh III (died 1560) (1532), now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York also has a raised eyebrow over the right eye which is larger than the left and the same coat of arms on a signet ring.

"Perhaps to engage the viewer in close study of the likenesses of the two men, or even to stress a common family trait, the artist has exaggerated the size of the right eye in each.

"[6] The two men have been identified as a members of the Wedigh family of Cologne by the coat of arms on their signet ring: a chevron surrounded by three willow leaves.

Hermann von Wedigh III (died 1560), 1532, by Hans Holbein the Younger, Metropolitan Museum of Art , New York
Hermann von Wedigh III (died 1560), Detail