Works by Michael Sittow Michael Sittow

passion altarpiece in st. nicholas church, tallinn

the name of michael sittow unknown centuries, until in 1914 max j. friedländer put forward hypothesis master michiel, court painter of queen isabella, author of diptych discovered near burgos, depicting virgin , child on 1 side , knight of order of calatrava on other. in subsequent decades scholars put picture of master michiel s career in spain, netherlands , in denmark, not until 1940 baltic-german historian paul johansen identified mysterious master michiel michael sittow reval.

michael sittow specialized in small devotional works , portraits, project melancholy mood. style heavily influenced teacher hans memling , show influence of elegance found in portraits jean perréal. sittow used translucent layers of paint achieve highly refined , subdued color harmonies, combined light effects , sensitivity texture. e. p. richardson described sittow s work /../an artist van dyck in later epoch; brilliant painter of religious subjects, of outstanding qualities portrait painter. portraits among finest of time, vivid, candid, crisply elegant , reserved.

few surviving paintings can attributed sittow certainty, , there many problems of attribution around work. though biography documented, works can attributed him certainty 2 rather atypical small panels large series juan de flandes queen isabella. attributions of both portrait (today in washington, d.c.) called don diego de guevara (d. brussels 1520, nobleman family came santander in northern spain; valued member of habsburg court in burgundy), , painting of virgin , child once formed diptych, certain, diego s illegitimate son felipe de guevara mentions father s portrait sittow.

most of sittow s paintings not signed , dated – painting can dated certainty portrait of christian ii of denmark. there more thirty works attributed michael sittow, however, of them have not been verified documentation his.

many of paintings (mentioned in various documents) , of sculptures have not been preserved.

list of works

virgin , child (left wing of diptych, possibly catherine of aragon), gemäldegalerie, berlin, separated other wing, next item
portrait of diego de guevara (right wing of diptych), washington, d.c., national gallery of art
virgin , child (budapest, szépmüvészeti múzeum)
portrait of christian ii, king of denmark (copenhagen, statens museum kunst)
portrait of noblewoman, possibly mary tudor or catherine of aragon, vienna, kunsthistorisches museum
catherine of aragon magdalene, detroit institute of arts
virgin , child st. bernard (madrid, museo lázaro galdiano)
portrait of man pearl (madrid, palacio real)
christ carrying cross, moscow, pushkin museum
coronation of virgin (paris, louvre)
portrait of lady (paris, louvre)
passion altarpiece (st. nicholas church, tallinn)
portrait of man, hague, mauritshuis
nativity, vienna, kunsthistorisches museum, version of lost work hugo van der goes
assumption of virgin (panel small altarpiece of queen isabella of castile) washington, d.c., national gallery of art
ascension (panel small altarpiece of queen isabella of castile) (private collection)

among works no longer considered sittow are:

portrait of henry vii, king of england (national portrait gallery (london)), possibly contemporary copy of sittow original.




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