# Archduchess Maria with Her Elder Daughter Maria Eleonore [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [SEISENEGGER, Jacob]() - Date: 1551-1600 - Technique: Oil on canvas ## Commentary Archduchess Maria with Her Elder Daughter Maria Eleonore c. 1555 Oil on canvas Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna As the court painter of Ferdinand I, Jacob Seisenegger dominated the evolution of the representative portrait in Austria over the course of many decades, from 1530 to 1560. The portraits of Ferdinand I and his numerous children either originated from Seisenegger himself or refer to the portrait types and formats that he coined. Seisenegger followed Italian, and above all Venetian, models. ## Related artworks - [Portrait of Emperor Charles V]() - [Portrait of Wilhelm Neythart]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()