Date 1510s
Medium Oil on oak panel
Dimensions Height: 36 cm (14.2 in). Width: 26 cm (10.2 in).
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Michel Sittow
(c.1469-1525) was a painter from Reval (now Tallinn, Estonia) who was trained in the tradition of Early Netherlandish painting. For most of his life, Sittow worked as a court portrait painter, for Isabella of Castille, the Habsburgs and others in Spain and the Netherlands. He was one of the most important Flemish painters of the era.
