Portrait of Emperor Ferdinand I, from the series Imperatores Domus Austriacæ ...
1644
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1644
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
The painting shows a man with a serious face, wearing fancy clothes and a hat. He's sitting in a chair, looking straight at us. The man in the painting is Emperor Ferdinand I, and the artist made him look very formal. The painting is from a series of portraits of important people. To learn more about this style of painting, look up the technique of sfumato.
