Willibald Imhoff

Willibald Imhoff
Patrizier, Germany
Nationality	German
Occupation	Art collector
Relatives	Willibald Pirckheimer (grandfather)

Willibald Imhoff (born 16 November 1519 in

. Even after that he regularly made trips to Lyon and Zaragoza as a partner of the trading company.

Since Willibald Pirckheimer died in 1530 without descendants in the male line, his library and a large part of his art possession passed to Willibald Imhoff. The art collection was successively expanded by Imhoff as the Imhoff art cabinet and included among other works by his grandfather's close friend Albrecht Dürer (including his Portrait of Johann Kleberger) works by Holbein, Cranach, Titian and Paris Bordone. He bought a large number of ancient and contemporary statues and busts made of marble or clay, a rich copperplate collection, numerous drawings by famous masters, faience, Venetian glasses, and expanded the Pirckheimer library. After the death of Andreas Dürer (Albrecht's brother) Imhoff was able to acquire numerous works by Albrecht Dürer.^[1]

Imhoff also collected coins and he cataloged the coin collection of Duke Albert V of Bavaria.

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  Bust of Willibald Imhoff, by Johan Gregor van der Schardt, 1570
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  Bust of Anna Imhoff

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