1570, Artist: Anthonis Mor van Dashorst
Archduchess Anna (1549–1580), eldest daughter of Emperor Maximilian II, was married to her uncle, King Philip II of Spain, as his fourth wife. As official painter at the Spanish court, Anthonis Mor had many times painted portraits of the members of the royal family. The style of courtly portrait created by him long remained the standard, up to the paintings by Velázquez and beyond. Posture and expression are used to show more clearly the social distance between the subject depicted and the beholder.
Painting
Netherlandish
1570
Anthonis Mor van Dashorst (1516/1519 Utrecht - 1575 Antwerpen) - GND
Canvas
upper corners cut and added again: 161 x 110 cm
Framed: 186,5 x 133 x 6 cm
Inscribed on the right side of the chair back: Antonius Mor faciebat a° 157(0)
Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Gemäldegalerie
Gemäldegalerie, 3053
Imperial property; 1868 documented in the depot of the gallery;
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