Justus Sustermans

Suttermans, Justus
Flemish, 1597 - 1681

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This painting shows a standing man with light skin, long curly dark hair, a mustache, and goatee. He is wearing ornate silver armor and a white ruffled collar. The overlapping plates of the armor are accented in gold at the edges. His body is turned to the left, but he faces us. His left hand holds a decorated silver helmet with red plumes. To the left is another person, partially shown in shadow, who appears to be kneeling. This person has dark skin and short hair, wears a striped garment, and has a metallic chain around their neck. They are looking up at the armored man. The background features red drapery with a glimpse of an exterior scene on the bottom right, which reveals dark mountains and a pale-yellow sky.
Anonymous Artist, Mattias de' Medici, c. 1660, oil on canvas, Gift of Ursula H. Baird and Sally H. Dieke in memory of their grandmother, Constance Cary Harrison, 1950.10.1

Mattias de' Medici

Anonymous Artist · c. 1660 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1950.10.1
The image depicts a man with wavy, shoulder-length hair, facing slightly to the right. He has strong facial features, including a prominent nose and a short mustache. The man is wearing a suit of armor with a patterned sash over his right shoulder and a lace collar. The portrait is bordered by an octagonal frame with inscribed text around it, and the background consists of delicate line work.
Jean Morin, Henri de Lorraine, duc de Guise, etching, engraving, and stippling on laid paper, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1984.25.15

Henri de Lorraine, duc de Guise

Jean Morin · etching, engraving, and stippling on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1984.25.15

Bibliography

1845

  • Baldinucci, Filippo. Notizie dei professori del disegno.... Ed. F. Fanalli. 5 vols. Florence, 1845-1847: 4(1846):473-511.

1912

  • Bautier, Pierre. Juste Suttermans peintre des Médicis. Brussels and Paris, 1912.

1981

  • Langedijk, Karla. The Portraits of the Medici: 15th-18th Centuries. 3 vols. Florence, 1981-1987: 1(1981); 2(1983).

1983

  • Chiarini, Marco, and Claudio Pizzorusso, eds. Sustermans. Sessant'anni alla corte dei Medici. Exh. cat. Palazzo Pitti, Florence, 1983.

2005

  • Wheelock, Arthur K., Jr. Flemish Paintings of the Seventeenth Century. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 2005: 228.