# Barbara and Hans Schellenberger [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [BURGKMAIR, Hans]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Limewood, 41,5 x 28 cm \(each\) ## Commentary Hans Schellenberger was an Augsburg patrician, who married Barbara Ehem in 1506. He is holding an eyebright flower in his hand, signifying cheerfulness; she has a lily of the valley, a symbol of future happiness. The inscriptions, the portrait type, their being pendants, the symbols and the age of the subjects identify these as betrothal and marriage portraits. These paintings, formerly in the Hermitage in St Petersburg, are the only surviving pair of portraits by Burgkmair. ## Related artworks - [Crucifix with Mary, Mary Magdalen and St John the Evangelist]() - [Emperor Maximilian on Horseback]() - [Gypsies in the Market]() - [Holy Family with the Child St John]() - [Madonna with Grape]() - [Portrait of Jacob Fugger]() - [Portrait of Johannes Paumgartner]() - [St John Altarpiece]() - [St John Altarpiece: St John the Evangelist in Patmos \(central panel\)]() - [The Story of Esther]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()