Archduke Albrecht, Archduke of Austria (1559-1621)
after Frans Pourbus the younger (Antwerp 1569 – Paris 1622)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1600 - 1699
Materials
Oil on panel
Measurements
260 x 197 mm
Order this imageCollection
Knole, Kent
NT 129839
Summary
Oil painting on panel, Archduke Albrecht, Archduke of Austria (1559-1621), after Frans Pourbus the younger (Antwerp 1569 – Paris 1622), 17th century. A head-and-shoulders portrait, turned slightly to the right, gazing at the spectator, short hair, beard and moustache, wearing a figure-of-eight ruff and an engraved suit of armour. He wears a gold bejewelled chain with the Order of the Golden Fleece. Dark background. A studio version is in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
Provenance
On loan from the Trustees of the Sackville Estate
Credit line
Knole, The Sackville Collection
Makers and roles
after Frans Pourbus the younger (Antwerp 1569 – Paris 1622), artist