This anonymous painting is a copy of one painted by Strigel – the original is in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna – for the Emperor Maximilian. He was responsible for the model for the official portrait of the emperor. The work is thus part of the type of family portrait in which the image of the power of the House of Austria is alluded to. Maximilian I on the left, in profile, is accompanied by other members of his family, who are identified by the inscriptions next to each of them. In the background is Mary of Burgundy, his first wife, and next to her is the son they had together, Philip the Handsome. In the foreground of the composition are the grandchildren. From left to right are Ferdinand I, Charles V and his brother-in-law, Louis II of Hungary. The type of portrait corresponds to a timeless setting in which age does not correspond to appearance.
Collection: Images
Project: 4. Family, daily life and social inequality in Europe., 5. Power and powers in the history of Europe: oligarchies, political participation and democracy.
Chronology: XVI
Scope: Secondary education, Baccalaureate, University
Resource type: Image
Format: Oil on panel (73 x 60 cm)
Source: Museo de la Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando
Language: Spanish
Date: 1515-1520
Owner: Álvaro Romero González (Modernalia)
Identifier: 856
Copyright: Museo de la Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando (Madrid)
Abstract: Portrait of the family of the Emperor Maximilian, together with the future Charles V and Ferdinand I
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