Friedrich Sustris (ca. 1540–1600)
• Sustris was an Dutch-Italian painter, decorator and architect.
• He was a son of the artist Lambert Sustris, who worked in Italy.
• Sustris got his training from his father Lambert in Venice and Padua.
• His first patron was Hans Fugger who ordered the decoration of the Fugger mansion in Venice.
• In 1569 he received his first commission in Germany: Hans Fugger engaged him to decorate the rear wing of the Fugger houses in Augsburg with the Badstuben (cabinets for his art collection).
• Until 1573 he worked in Augsburg with several assistants, including Carlo di Cesare del Palagio.
• In 1573 Sustris entered the service of the Bavarian ducal heir William V as painter, architect, and artistic director.
• When William V took power and moved to the ducal residence, he brought Sustris to Munich in 1579 and put him in charge of all major artistic projects at court.
• Between 1583 and 1597 his most important and best-known work was created: the Jesuit church of St Michael and the adjacent college.
• From 1593, Sustris worked at the Herzog-Max-Burg in Munich.
Friedrich Sustris, The Virgin and Child Surrounded by Little Angels in the Clouds, ca. 1590
Friedrich Sustris, The Virgin and Child Surrounded by Little Angels in the Clouds, ca. 1590
Friedrich Sustris, Aangels Bearing the Column of the Passion, about 1580–1590
Original, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. Visited in 2018.
Friedrich Sustris, Aangels Bearing the Column of the Passion, about 1580–1590
Friedrich Sustris, Aangels Bearing the Column of the Passion, about 1580–1590
