Super, you have reunited all the pairs.

In the exhibition you can take a closer look at the pictures.

My precious

Here we see Barbara and Hans Schellenberger. At the time their portraits were painted Hans was 25 years old and Barbara was 19. We learn this from the sheets of paper on the pillars behind the young couple. Both came from wealthy merchant families. The thick gold chain, the rings, and the gold cap are unmistakable signs of Barbara’s high social status.

Will you marry me?

We do not know precisely who this pair are, but the young man was probably a member of the Weiss family. He is holding a sword and a small bunch of carnations and the woman is holding a ring. She has presumably said ‘yes’ to his proposal of marriage. Do you think they are looking forward to their wedding?

Really?

We do not know the names of this married couple. Don’t they both seem incredibly real? The painter has recorded every tiny detail in his picture. For instance, can you see the warts on the woman’s face? The red tapestry on the wall and the castle behind them show that the pictures are a pair.

Power and splendour

Emperor Frederick III and Empress Eleanor of Portugal wear crowns and costly clothes. The artist Hans Burgkmair never met the couple personally, as they were already deceased when he painted these portraits. He had to make use of older portraits. Frederick's son Maximilian I probably ordered the portraits to commemorate his parents.

Thanks for the flowers

The man and woman shown here are the Fischers, a married couple from Augsburg. The portraits were probably painted to mark their marriage. In his hand the man holds a carnation, a symbol of love and fidelity. His portrait was lost and was found again only recently.

Loads of money

Jacob Meyer was mayor of Basel. He wears many rings. The coin he holds between thumb and forefinger of his left hand indicates how he could afford them – he was a money changer. With the index finger of his right hand he points to his wife, Dorothea Kannengiesser.

Instruction

All the cards are shuffled and placed face down on the gameboard.

Click on two cards, one after the other, to turn them face up. Try to remember the position of all the cards that have been turned up. Cards that don’t match are turned back down again.

When you find two cards that form a pair, they will stay face up. Remember: each pair consists of a woman and a man.

Picture captions

Hans Burgkmair the Elder, Portrait of Barbara Schellenberger, née Ehem, 1507, Limewood panel, 41.5 x 28.8. Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud, inv. WRM 851 © Rheinisches Bildarchiv, Köln

Hans Burgkmair the Elder, Portrait of Hans Schellenberger , 1505, Limewood panel, 41.5 x 28 cm Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud, inv. WRM 850 © Rheinisches Bildarchiv, Köln

Hans Holbein the Elder, Portrait of a Member of the Weiss Family of Augsburg, 1522, Limewood (?) panel, 41.7 x 35.2 cm. Frankfurt am Main, Städel Museum, inv. SG 457

Hans Holbein the Elder, Portrait of the Wife of a Member of the Weiss Family of Augsburg , 1522 (?), Limewood (?) panel, 41 x 35 cm. London, Schroder Collection, currently on loan in Bath, Holburne Museum, inv. L2022.4

Jörg Breu the Elder, Portrait of an Unknown Man, 1521, Conifer panel, 42.2 cm × 31.5 cm. Innsbruck, Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum, Kunstgeschichtliche Sammlungen, inv. Gem 101
Photo: TLM

Jörg Breu the Elder, Portrait of an Unknown Woman, 1521, Conifer panel, 42.2 cm × 31.5 cm. Innsbruck, Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum, Kunstgeschichtliche Sammlungen, inv. Gem 102
Photo: TLM

Hans Burgkmair the Elder, Portrait of Emperor Frederick III, c.1510, Spruce panel, 79.4 x 51.9 cm. Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Picture Gallery, inv. 4398 © KHM-Museumsverband

Hans Burgkmair the Elder, Portrait of Empress Eleanor of Portugal, c.1510, Spruce panel, 79.4 x 51.7 cm. Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Picture Gallery, inv. 4399 © KHM-Museumsverband

Here attributed to Hans Holbein the Younger, Portrait of Marx (?) Fischer, 1512. France, Private collection

Here attributed to Ambrosius Holbein, Portrait of the Wife of Marx (?) Fischer , 1512. Kunstmuseum Basel, inv. G 1958.7

Hans Holbein the Younger, Portrait of Jacob Meyer zum Hasen, 1516, Limewood panel, 39.7 x 31.9 cm. Kunstmuseum Basel, inv. 312

Hans Holbein the Younger, Portrait of Dorothea Kannengiesser, 1516, Limewood panel, 39.7 x 31.9 cm. Kunstmuseum Basel, inv. 312

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