Painter to the Queen: Michel Sittow, Courtier to Isabella of Castile and the Habsburg Dynasty

Oskar Jacek Rojewski

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Description

The Périer-D’Ieteren Foundation provided financial support for Oskar Rojewski’s book. This publication, the result of extensive research conducted during several postdoctoral fellowships in Spain and Belgium, sheds light on the career of Michel Sittow, a major 15th-century painter who worked at the court of Isabella of Castile and for the Habsburgs. Drawing on unpublished archives and detailed visual analyses, it makes an essential contribution to art history and to the understanding of artistic exchanges in Europe.

About the Author

Oskar J. Rojewski studied history and art history at the University of Silesia in Katowice and received his PhD from the University of Valencia and Jaume I University. He held postdoctoral positions at the University of Copenhagen, Rey Juan Carlos University, and the Périer-D’Ieteren Foundation. His research focuses on the migration of Flemish artists to the Mediterranean world, as well as court culture in the 15th and 16th centuries.

Related Projects

• Michel Sittow and Margaret of Austria – Favourite Artist, Friend, and Possible Spy?
• Cultural Crossroads: Artistic Encounters between the Low Countries and Spain, 15th–17th Centuries