Sustermans was born in Antwerp. In about 1616 he went to Paris. In 1619 or 1620 he was in Florence where he became court painter to the Grand Dukes of Tuscany. He also worked in Vienna, Innsbruck, Rome, Parma and other Italian cities. He was a portrait and figure painter.
Justus Sustermans
1597 - 1681
Paintings by Justus Sustermans
In 1621, at the age of ten, Ferdinand II de' Medici succeeded his father Cosimo II as Grand Duke of Tuscany, assuming power in 1627. He is shown here with Vittoria della Rovere, his wife; the couple had married in 1634.Ferdinand wears a commander’s sash and the cross of the military order of San...
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Possibly by Justus Sustermans
The unknown sitter has been described as a Florentine nobleman, but his deep red gown with the wide, plain falling collar and wide lace cuffs suggest that he may have had a position in the government of Genoa, where Sustermans was working in 1649. His gaze is firm and serious, his moustache impre...
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