King Louis II of Hungary as child (1506-1526)
after 1515, Artist: Bernhard Strigel
King Louis II of Hungary as child (1506-1526)
Louis was born in 1506, the son of King Ladislas II of Hungary and Bohemia. At a double marriage in Vienna in 1515, he was married to Archduchess Mary, the granddaughter of Emperor Maximilian I. Following the death of his father in 1516, he became king of Hungary and Bohemia. Louis was killed in 1526 at the Battle of Mohács against the Turks, and in accordance with the testamentary contracts, his thrones fell to the House of Habsburg. Bernhard Strigel, who was court painter to Maximilian, created this portrait following the Vienna meeting of 1515.
Object data
Object Name
Painting
Culture
German
Dated
after 1515
Artist
Bernhard Strigel (1460 - 1528 Memmingen) - GND
Material
Limewood
Dimensions
Overall: 29 cm × 22,2 cm
Framed: 40,5 cm × 34 cm × 3,6 cm
Image rights
Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Gemäldegalerie
Inv. No.
Gemäldegalerie, 827
Provenance
original stock; 1783 in the gallery
Depiction/Person
König Ludwig II. Sohn d. Wladyslaw II. (1506 - 1526) - GND
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