Archduke Ferdinand II from Tyrol with a Dog
ca. 1565 | Francesco Terzio
Archduke Ferdinand II not only had numerous portraits of himself painted, he also collected depictions of personalities he found interesting: relatives, princes, war heroes and saints as well as giants, dwarfs, and “hair people.” Around 1000 small portraits from this collection are today exhibited in the Coin Cabinet of the Kunsthistorisches Museum.
Archduke Ferdinand II not only had numerous portraits of himself painted, he also collected depictions of personalities he found interesting: relatives, princes, war heroes and saints as well as giants, dwarfs, and “hair people.” Around 1000 small portraits from this collection are today exhibited in the Coin Cabinet of the Kunsthistorisches Museum.
Imitator of:
Francesco Terzio (um 1523 Bergamo - 1591 Rom) DNB
Depiction/Person:
Ferdinand II. (1564-1595), Erzherzog von Österreich und Landesherr von Tirol (1529 - 1595) DNB
Time:
ca. 1565
Object Name
Painting
Culture
nicht vergeben
Material/technology:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 189,8 × 116,5 × 3,2 cm
Framed: 200,5 × 128,5 × 8 cm
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie
Invs.
Gemäldegalerie, 4388
Provenance
Aus Ambras