Painter to the queen. Michel Sittow, courtier to Isabella of Castile and the Habsburg dynasty: by Oskar J. Rojewski, Brepols Publishers nv, Turnhout, Belgium, 2025, 278 pp., 113 illus., €96.00 (hbk), ISBN 978-2-503-61178-5.
This book focuses on Michel Sittow (1469–1525), an early modern portrait painter from Reval (now Tallinn), and his decade-long service to Queen Isabella of Castile from 1492, as well as his later involvement with the Habsburg dynasty. It situates Sittow within the broader context of European dynasti...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Baltic Studies Vol. 57; no. 1; pp. 259 - 262 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Mar2026
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