Jacob Heinrich Elbfas (c. 1600 – 1664)
• Was a Baltic-German painter.
• Elbfas was born in Livonia and educated in Strasbourg.
• He established himself in Sweden from 1622 and from 1628 in Stockholm where he became a guild master.
• During the period 1634 to 1640 he worked as a court painter for Queen Maria Eleonora.
• He was frequently employed by the Swedish nobility.
• His influence on Swedish art was considerable until a new generation of artists were invited by Queen Christina during the 1640s.
• He died in Stockholm.
Jacob Heinrich Elbfas, King Gustav II Adolf of Sweden, 1594-1632, c. 1630
Original, Skokloster Castle, Sweden. Visited in 2025.
Jacob Heinrich Elbfas, Count Wrangel of Salmi's Child, c. 1650
Original, Skokloster Castle, Sweden. Visited in 2025.
Jacob Heinrich Elbfas, Count Wrangel of Salmi's Child, c. 1650
Jacob Heinrich Elbfas, Count Wrangel of Salmi's Child, c. 1650
Jacob Heinrich Elbfas, Axel Oxenstierna of Södermöre, Executed 1626
Original, National Museum, Sweden. Visited in 2025.
Jacob Heinrich Elbfas, Axel Oxenstierna of Södermöre, Executed 1626
