Portrait of Archduke Albrecht of Austria
Object type | Painting |
Genre | Portrait |
Date | ca. 1606 |
Dimensions | 9.8 x 7.3 cm |
Support | Copper |
Medium | Oil |
Our attribution | Jan Brueghel the Elder |
Other authorities | Ertz 2008-10, #553, pp.1199-1200 |
Location | San Francisco, CA, United States |
Collection | The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco |
Accession numbers | inv. #52.6.5 |
Tags | Habsburg, Archdukes, Nobles |
Ertz's date of c.1606 is based on the time when Jan is first recorded as working for the Brussels court. Given the apparent age of Albrecht here, the portrait must date from then or even earlier.