Portrait of Wolfgang Ronner

Hans Maler zu Schwaz painted this portrait of Wolfgang Ronner in 1529. Based in the Tyrolean silver-mining town of Schwaz, Maler specialized in portraits of the wealthy merchants and mine owners who had made the region prosperous. The painting is in the Bavarian State Painting Collections. The 1520s were a decade of transition, marked by the deaths of Raphael and Leonardo, the shock of the Reformation, and the beginnings of Mannerist experimentation.

The portrait exhibits Maler's characteristic precise technique, with sharp focus on facial features and meticulous rendering of costume details. The enamel-like surface quality distinguishes his Tyrolean portrait style.