Hans Asper
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Hans Asper (Template:Circa – 21 March 1571) was a Swiss painter best known for his portraits.
LifeEdit
Asper was born in Template:Circa in Zürich, where he lived his entire life. Nothing is known of him until 1526, when he married the daughter of Ludwig Nöggi, a master carpenter who sat in the city council, and Asper himself was a citizen of some standing, being elected to the Great Council in 1545. He is thought to have studied with Hans Leu the Younger, in Zürich, and appears to have received early influence in portrait painting from the works of Hans Holbein the Younger. His first artworks date from 1531, with possibly the most well-known portrait of Swiss reformator Huldrych Zwingli, painted with oil on parchment. In the same year Asper painted the interiors of some of Zürich's government buildings, being at the time the official painter to the city.<ref name=HDS>Template:HDS</ref>
He painted in a variety of styles, and is particularly known for his studies of flowers and fruit.Template:Cn Many of his works are lost. Notable works include portraits of Huldrych Zwingli and Zwingli's daughter Regula Gwalter, which came into the ownership of the public library of Zürich. Asper is also believed to have provided the illustrations for Conrad Gesner's {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}.Template:Sfn
Asper had a medal struck in his honor, but died in poverty in 1571.Template:Sfn Two of his eleven children, Hans Rudolf Asper and Rudolf Asper, were also painters.
GalleryEdit
- Ulrich-Zwingli-1.jpg
Huldrych Zwingli, 1531
- Hans Asper 001.jpg
Cleophea Holzhalb, 1538
- Bild Zwingli Asper.jpg
Huldrych Zwingli, 1549
- Wilhelm Froelich by Hans Asper.jpg
Wilhelm Frölich, 1549, Asper's only full-length portrait<ref name=HDS/>
- Zentralbibliothek Zürich - Porträt von Regula GwaltherZwingli und Anna Gwalther - 500000029.jpg
Regula Gwalther Zwingli and Anna Gwalther, 1549, Huldrych Zwingli's daughter and granddaughter
- Pietro Vermigli by Hans Asper.jpg
Pietro Martire Vermigli, 1560
- Bildnis des Johannes Oekolampad.jpg
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