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Friedrich Sustris (c. 1540, in

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– 1599, in

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) was an Italian-Dutch painter, decorator and

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. He was a son of the artist Lambert Sustris, who worked in Italy. Sustris got his training from his father Lambert in

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and Padua.Frederik Sustris
in the

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From 1563 to 1567 he was trained by

Giorgio Vasari Giorgio Vasari (30 July 1511 – 27 June 1574) was an Italian Renaissance painter, architect, art historian, and biographer who is best known for his work ''Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects'', considered the ideol ...

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, after he had returned from a stay in

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in 1560. His first patron was Hans Fugger who ordered the decoration of the

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mansion in Venice. He was the son-in-law of

Jan Kraeck Jan Kraeck (1540, Haarlem – 1607, Turin, ), was a Dutch Renaissance painter who established his career in Italy, in the royal court of the House of Savoy in Turin. Biography According to Karel van Mander he was visited by Hendrik Cornelisz V ...

. From 1573 onwards Sustris worked for

William V, Duke of Bavaria William V (29 September 1548 – 7 February 1626), called ''the Pious'', (German: ''Wilhelm V., der Fromme, Herzog von Bayern'') was the duke of Bavaria from 1579 to 1597. Education and early life William V was born in Landshut, the son of ...

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before he became chief architect to the Bavarian court with William's accession to the throne in 1579.

Gallery

File:Friedrich Sustris - Triumphzug des Marius über Jugurtha - 10381 - Bavarian State Painting Collections.jpg, ''Triumphal procession of Marius over

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'' File:The Virgin and Child Surrounded by Little Angels in the Clouds MET DP801487.jpg, ''The Virgin and Child Surrounded by Little Angels in the Clouds'' (circa 1590)

Chief works

* Decoration and remodelling of Trausnitz Castle in Landshut * Expansion of the

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* St. Michael's Church, the

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, and Herzog-Max-Burg in Munich

References

External links

Frederik Sustris
on

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sustris, Friedrich Italian Renaissance architects Architects from Padua Architects of the Bavarian court 1599 deaths 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Year of birth unknown Artists from Padua Year of birth uncertain Republic of Venice artists