Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective

Jakob Seisenegger

Austrian painter From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jakob Seisenegger
Remove ads

Jakob Seisenegger (1505–1567) was an Austrian portrait painter who was the court painter of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor.[1][2] He also painted Ferdinand's brother Charles V. Most of his portraits are of the Austrian Habsburg family and their allies, including several of children.

Thumb
Emperor Charles V with Hound (1532).
Thumb
Archduchess Anna (c. 1545), Kunsthistorisches Museum

He won international fame for his use of full-length poses in his portraits, creating a model used by future artists, such as François Clouet. His portrait Emperor Charles V with Hound (1532) is now in the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna.

Remove ads

References

Loading content...
Loading content...
Loading related searches...

Wikiwand - on

Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.

Remove ads