Schiebedeckel zum Bildnis des Hieronymus II. Haller zu Kalchreuth

Bernhard Strigel painted this sliding cover for the portrait of Hieronymus II Haller of Kalchreuth around 1503. Portrait covers were protective devices that could also serve decorative or symbolic functions. The Haller family was one of Nuremberg's leading patrician dynasties Bernhard Strigel served as court painter to Emperor Maximilian I, making him among the most sought-after portraitists in the Habsburg world during the early sixteenth century.

Oil on panel with Strigel's precise technique applied to the decorative and protective function of the portrait cover. The heraldic or symbolic imagery serves to identify and protect the portrait beneath.