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Justus Sustermans

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Justus Sustermans is recorded in the Getty Union List of Artist Names, under the spelling Suttermans, Justus, with the biographical note: Flemish painter, 1597-1681, active in Italy. The Getty record lists his roles as painter, portraitist, court painter, miniature painter, draftsman and printmaker, and gives his culture or style terms as Flemish, Italian and South Netherlandish. It carries 74 name forms, among them Giusto Sustermans and Giusto Fiammengo, and the identifier 500022236. English Wikipedia describes him as chiefly noted for his portraits of members of the Medici family as their court painter, and in this atlas he is linked as the maker of the portrait of Galileo Galilei.

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Portrait of Galileo Galilei, (shown at right) oil on canvas (National Maritime Museum, Greenwich)

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Justus Sustermans, Joost Sustermans or Suttermans, his given name Italianised to Giusto (28 September 1597 – 23 April 1681), was a Flemish painter and draughtsman who is mainly known for his portraits.

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Justus Sustermans was born in Antwerp as the son of the tailor Frans Suttermans or Sustermans, originally from Bruges, and Esther Scheepmans.
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    He also painted history and genre paintings, still lifes and animals.
  • In Group: Baroque and Rococo Painters, Style
    Later, his work became more Baroque, under the influence of Flemish painters such as Rubens, Anthony van Dyck and Cornelis de Vos.
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Getty Research Institute, Union List of Artist Names: Justus Sustermans (Flemish painter, 1597-1681, active in Italy)
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