Ulrich von Frundsberg

Bernhard Strigel painted this portrait of Ulrich von Frundsberg around 1505 for the Museum Ulm. Frundsberg was a member of the powerful Tyrolean-Swabian military family whose most famous member, Georg von Frundsberg, led the German Landsknecht infantry in Italy Bernhard Strigel served as court painter to Emperor Maximilian I, making him among the most sought-after portraitists in the Habsburg world during the early sixteenth century Egg tempera on panel was the dominant technique of the period,

The portrait presents the nobleman in Strigel's characteristic precise Swabian manner with clear rendering of features and costume, documenting a member of one of the most important military families in the Habsburg Empire.