Archduke Leopold Wilhelm
1649 | Justus van Egmont
Archduke Leopold Wilhelm (1614–1662), the youngest son of Emperor Ferdinand II, was set for a career in the church. As Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, he also commanded the Imperial troops for a time. As Governor of the Spanish Netherlands (1647–1656), he enjoyed military success in the war against France, and started to collect art on a major scale. He amassed some 1,400 pictures in his collection, thereby laying the most important foundation stone of the Viennese Picture Gallery.
Archduke Leopold Wilhelm (1614–1662), the youngest son of Emperor Ferdinand II, was set for a career in the church. As Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, he also commanded the Imperial troops for a time. As Governor of the Spanish Netherlands (1647–1656), he enjoyed military success in the war against France, and started to collect art on a major scale. He amassed some 1,400 pictures in his collection, thereby laying the most important foundation stone of the Viennese Picture Gallery.
Artist:
Justus van Egmont (1601 Leiden - 1674 Antwerpen) DNB
Depiction/Person:
Leopold Wilhelm von Österreich (1625/32-1662), Erzherzog, Fürstabt seit 1626 (1614 - 1662) DNB
Time:
1649
Object Name
Painting
Culture
Flemish
Material/technology:
Canvas
Dimensions:
149 cm × 121 cm
Framed (gallery frame with inscriptions): 172 cm × 143,5 cm × 11 cm
Signed
bez. auf Rückseite: Justus d' Egmont F.^f. / A.^o 1649, Bruxels.^s
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie
Invs.
Gemäldegalerie, 802
Provenance
Coll. Leopold Wilhelm