Pieter van Coninxloo

active 1479; died 1513

Pieter van Coninxloo was one of a family of painters and was active in Brussels from 1479. Between 1481 and his death in 1513 he worked intermittently for the Burgundian court. In 1505 he made a portrait of Margaret of Austria for Philip the Handsome which was sent to Henry VII of England and which has been identified as a picture now at Windsor Castle. In 1513 he was paid for portraits of the future Emperor Charles V and his three eldest sisters. Versions of portraits of the sisters in Munich, Vienna and elsewhere may depend upon originals by Pieter van Coninxloo.

Paintings by Pieter van Coninxloo

Diptych: Philip the Handsome and Margaret of Austria

Probably by Pieter van Coninxloo

This teenage brother and sister were the heirs of royalty and future rulers themselves. Philip the Handsome and Margaret of Austria were the children of the Holy Roman Emperor, Maximilian I, and Mary of Burgundy. Each is identified by an inscription in gold above their head and by the coats of ar...

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Margaret of Austria

Probably by Pieter van Coninxloo

This elegantly dressed young lady is Margaret of Austria, one of the most important female rulers of the Renaissance. The only daughter of Maximilian I, the Holy Roman Emperor, she was regent of the Netherlands from 1507 till her death in 1530. The half-blank coat of arms at the top of the arch i...

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Philip the Handsome

Probably by Pieter van Coninxloo

This young man with flowing hair is Philip the Handsome, son of the Holy Roman Emperor and founder of the Habsburg dynasty in Spain, so-called because of his fair hair and attractive grey eyes. The painting is one wing of a diptych (a panel painting in two parts). The other, showing his sister, M...

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