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Michael Sittow
Estonian painter / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Michael Sittow (c. 1469 – 1525), also known as Master Michiel, Michel Sittow, Michiel, Miguel, and several other variants,[1] was a painter from Tallinn (Reval), Livonia who was trained in the tradition of Early Netherlandish painting. For most of his life, Sittow worked as a court portrait painter, for Isabella of Castile and her Habsburg relatives in Spain and the Netherlands, and other prominent royal houses. He is considered one of the most important Netherlandish painters of the era.[2]
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Michael Sittow | |
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![]() Diego de Guevara by Sittow, c. 1517 | |
Born | c. 1469 Reval (Tallinn), Estonia |
Died | 1525 Reval (Tallinn), Estonia |
Education | Hans Memling |
Known for | Painting, Portraits |
Movement | Early Netherlandish painting |
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