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In 2001, Head
Pastor Wilfried Kruse of St. Peter’s (“Petri-Kirche”) in Hamburg was happy to receive
back two restored XVIth century paintings for his church. Both works of art
were created by Master Gottfried Libalt. They had been donated in 1649 by two
church Elders. One of the pictures shows Jacob asleep seeing the ladder to
heaven in his dream. The painting had been donated by the Elder Hinrich III.
Silm (1599
-1662). His second wife
was Katharina Colins. The other donator was probably his brother-in-law Philip
Colins. Between 1623 and 1637 Hinrich worked as a successful merchant in Spain. After his return to Hamburg he was awarded numerous
honorary positions. Hinrich was the grandfather of Garlieb Sillem, later a mayor of the city of Hamburg.
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