Johan Baptista van Uther
Johan Baptista van Uther (also known as Hans van Uther) was a Dutch Renaissance painter who worked in Sweden. He died in 1597. Very little is known about his life and no paintings signed by him survive. He was probably born in Antwerp or Utrecht and started working in Sweden in 1562 as a court painter. Several portraits are thought to be his, including pictures of King John III of Sweden, Queen Dowager Catherine Stenbock, and Sigismund III Vasa, who would become King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania. His style shows the influence of Antonis Mor’s refined court portraits. He also taught or influenced other court painters, such as Holger Hansson and possibly Cornelius Arendtz.
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