About Johan Baptista van Uther
Lived 1550 – 1597 (aged 46–47). Johan Baptista van Uther was a Dutch painter.
Johan Baptista or Hans van Uther (died 1597) was a Dutch Renaissance painter, active in Sweden.
Life and works No personal details are known about Johan Baptista van Uther, and no signed works by his hand survive. He is thought to have been born in either Antwerp or Utrecht. He was active in Sweden, from 1562 as court painter. Several portraits have been attributed to him, notably portraits of King John III of Sweden, dowager Queen Catherine Stenbock and the future King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, Sigismund III Vasa.
Stylistically, portraits attributed to Johan Baptista van Uther show influences from the refined court style of Antonis Mor. In turn, Johan Baptista van Uther taught and influenced court portraitist Holger Hansson and, possibly, Cornelius Arendtz.
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Who was Johan Baptista van Uther?
Dutch painter
When was Johan Baptista van Uther born?
Johan Baptista van Uther was born in 1550 in Antwerp.
When did Johan Baptista van Uther die?
Johan Baptista van Uther died in 1597.
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Johan Baptista van Uther was a painter.
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Johan Baptista van Uther was Dutch.
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