Maximilian I
1502 · Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
portraitAmbrogio de Predis was an active court artist in Milan, who was deemed a member of the ruling household. From 1493 he was involved in making a series of portraits of various members of the Sforza and Habsburg courts intended to demonstrate their close ties. The present official portrait of the emperor, a rare signed and dated painting by the artist, belongs to this series.
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