Hans Hoffmann, ca. (1545-1550–1591-1592)

• Was a German painter and draftsman.
• He specialised in watercolor and gouache nature studies, many of them copied from or based on Dürer's work.
• By 1576 he was living in Nuremberg as the painter Hans Hoffmann, citizen of the town.
• In 1584 he went to Munich to work on behalf of William V, Duke of Bavaria.
• In 1585 he was appointed as a court painter by Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor, who brought him to the imperial court in Prague.
• At the imperial court, Hoffmann advised Rudolph on the development of his art collection and acquired for him works by Dürer.
• The art collection assembled by the Nuremberg citizen Paulus Praun contained more than 100 works by Hans Hoffmann.
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