Jan Cornelisz. Vermeyen

In May 1530 he travelled with Margaret to the Diet of Augsburg and on to Innsbruck, where he painted portraits of the imperial family: Ferdinand of Austria, his wife Anna, and their four children. After Margaret’s death in 1530, Vermeyen became the official court painter to Mary of Hungary. Four years later he moved to Spain to work for her brother Emperor Charles V and to accompany him on his Tunisian campaign. Vermeyen made many drawings recording the events of Charles’ crusade. When he returned to the Netherlands in 1540, he concentrated on portrait painting and prestigious tapestry commissions.