Portrait of Ferdinand III Habsburg. Frans Luyckx
circa 1638
oil on canvas
199 × 111 cm (78.3 × 43.7 in)
Royal Castle in Warsaw (ZKW) L
Princes' Gallery
Accession number ZKW 1276
Object history
before 1984: purchased by Andrzej Ciechanowiecki from Private collection, England
1984: purchased by Royal Castle, Warsaw
Notes Emperor Ferdinand III Habsburg was a brother of Queen of Poland Cecilia Renata of Austria (wife of Władysław IV Vasa, 1637). It is possible that this portrait originate from the Polish Vasa collection.
References
ed. Krzysztof Pomian (2012). Wywyższeni : od faraona do Lady Gagi. Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie. ISBN 97-88371009-62-4, cat. no. 317
Dorota Juszczak, Hanna Małachowicz (2007). Zamek Królewski w Warszawie: malarstwo do 1900 : katalog zbiorów. Zamek Królewski w Warszawie. ISBN 83-70221-68-8, cat. no. 202, p. 324
