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Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria , younger brother of Emperor Ferdinand III, was an Austrian soldier, administrator and patron of the arts. He held a number of military commands, with limited success, and served as Governor of the Spanish Netherlands, before returning to Vienna in 1656.
Gallery of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm in Brussels. (Schleissheim) Gallery of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm in Brussels is a painting of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm 's Italian art collection by the Flemish Baroque painter David Teniers the Younger, now held in the Schleissheim Palace. It dates to the 1650s. [1]
The protagonist of this example is the Archduke Leopold William of Habsburg, governor of the Netherlands from 1647 to 1656, who appears alongside other members of his court on the right. His chamber painter, David Teniers , appears on the other side, with the Count of Fuensaldaña, who participated in the acquisition in England of most of the works visible on the walls.
Archduke Wilhelm of Austria, as a professed Catholic Religious Brother, died unmarried and without issue on 29 July 1894 in Weikersdorf after falling from a horse. He had been riding in Baden when his horse was frightened by a motor car. The horse bolted, and the Archduke was thrown. One of his feet remained stuck in the stirrup, and he was ...
Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (5 January 1614 – 20 November 1662), younger brother of Emperor Ferdinand III, was an Austrian soldier, administrator and patron of the arts. He held a number of military commands, with limited success, and served as Governor of the Spanish Netherlands , before returning to Vienna in 1656.
Archduke Leopold Wilhelm was appointed governor of the Spanish Netherlands in 1647 to strengthen Spain's Habsburg alliance with Austria, and began a major counteroffensive the same year. The Spanish army first found success recapturing the fortresses of Armentières, Comines and Landrecies.
“Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria” - David Teniers the Younger - 1650s Quando Leopold retornou a Viena em 1655, sua coleção de pinturas foi transferida para a Áustria e continha mais de 1.400 pinturas, concentradas nos pintores italianos do século anterior.
