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Abstract: Despite the intense interest that quite naturally draws a spectator to the eyes of a portrait subject, art historians often overlook the colour of the eyes. This detail led to a new identification of a portrait of a child in the Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique in Brussels, which has been ascribed to Jakob Seisenegger and until now was believed to be an image of Archduke Maximilian II (1527-1576). However, it is argued that because of the colour of the eyes, the portrayed person is Archduke Ferdinand II instead. The change of identification and renaming of the painting has an impact on how to read its history preserved in inventories and for whom it was painted. |
