Jakob Seisenegger
Jakob Seisenegger (1505–1567) was an Austrian portrait painter who was the court painter of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor. 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. • Illustration — Emperor Charles V with Hound (1532). • Illustration — 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.
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Jakob Seisenegger
Jakob Seisenegger · Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Bilddatenbank. · Public domain
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- Jakob Seisenegger was born on 1 January 1505.
- Died
- Jakob Seisenegger died on 1 January 1567. · Linz.
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- painter
- Fields
- visual arts · painting
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Jakob Seisenegger (1505–1567) was an Austrian portrait painter who was the court painter of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor. 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. • Illustration — Emperor Charles V with Hound (1532). • Illustration — 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.
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His portrait Emperor Charles V with Hound (1532) is now in the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna.
The field of work recorded is visual arts and painting. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Positions recorded include court painter. Work by Jakob Seisenegger is recorded in the collections of National Gallery, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Mauritshuis and Bavarian State Painting Collections.
Matthes Gebel. Medal with portrait of Jacob Seisenegger. 1543 From book: Birk, Ernst. Jakob Seiseiiegger, Kaiser Ferdinand I. Hofmaler. Mittheilungen der K.K. Central-Commission zur Erforschung und Erhaltung der Baudenkmale. —
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