Friedrich Sustris

Friedrich Sustris (c. 1540, in Padua – 1599, in Munich) was an Italian-Dutch painter,^[1] decorator and architect. He was a son of the artist Lambert Sustris, who worked in Italy.

Birth of a child, 1565

Sustris got his training from his father Lambert in Venice and Padua.^[2] From 1563 to 1567 he was trained by Giorgio Vasari in Florence, after he had returned from a stay in Rome in 1560. His first patron was Hans Fugger who ordered the decoration of the Fugger mansion in Venice. He was the son-in-law of Jan Kraeck.^[2] From 1573 onwards Sustris worked for William V, Duke of Bavaria^[1] in Landshut before he became chief architect to the Bavarian court with William's accession to the throne in 1579.

Gallery

• 
  Triumphal procession of Marius over Jugurtha
• 
  The Virgin and Child Surrounded by Little Angels in the Clouds (circa 1590)

Chief works

Trausnitz Castle, Renaissance Court

• Decoration and remodelling of Trausnitz Castle in Landshut
• Expansion of the Residenz, Munich
• St. Michael's Church, the Old Academy, and Herzog-Max-Burg in Munich

References

1. "The Court Art of Friedrich Sustris by Susan Maxwell". Ashgate.com. Archived from the original on 2015-11-17. Retrieved 2015-11-15.
2. Frederik Sustris in the RKD

External links

• Frederik Sustris on Artnet