Supporting museums Art we've helped buy Portrait of the Archduke Albrecht

Portrait of the Archduke Albrecht

Peter Paul Rubens

Art Funded
1957
Dimensions
131 x 106 cm
Vendor
Old Masters Galleries
Portrait of the Archduke Albrecht, 6th son of the Emperor Maximillian II.

The archduke is standing wearing a ruff and half-armour, the Order of the Golden Fleece round his neck and with a court dwarf and his palace at Brussels in the background.

Oil on canvas

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Royal Armouries Museum

Armouries Drive, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS10 1LT
0113 220 1999
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Mon – Sun, 10am – 5pm Closed 24 – 26 Dec

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