Portrait of Archduke Albert of Austria (1559-1621)
c. 1600
Medium
oil on copper
Dimensions
28.5; 22.4; 4; 45.5; 39.2
About this artwork
outer size: height 45.5 cm x width 39.2 cm x depth 4 cm (support incl. frame)
Art Historical Context
This exquisite *Portrait of Archduke of Austria (15591621)*, painted 1600 by Flemish artist Frans Pourbus the Younger, captures the Habsburg ruler in a compact yet commanding oil-on-copper format (28.5 × 22.4 cm). Housed in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, the work's intimate scale—framed to 45.5 × 39.2 × 4 cm—suggests was designed for private devotion or diplomatic exchange, common among elite portraiture of the era. Pourbus, a leading Mannerist portraitist who bridged late Renaissance refinement and emerging Baroque drama, served at the courts of the Spanish Netherlands. Archduke Albert, governo...