---
type: exposition
title: Martin van Meytens the Younger
language: en
url: "https://www.belvedere.at/en/martin-van-meytens-younger-0"
---

# Martin van Meytens the Younger 

![Oil on canvas  333 x 283 cm](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/header_cropped_1920x480_fp/public/jart-images/_439886223151.jpg.webp?itok=EZR6WUh3) 

**Duration:** 18 October 2014 - 15 February 2015

In presenting Martin van Meytens the Younger (1695–1770) in autumn 2014, the Belvedere highlights one of the most important European painters of the Baroque age. Meytens, who documented influential personalities of his time in a highly impressive manner, numbers among the portraitists most preferred by the Austrian imperial family under Maria Theresa. Of Dutch origin and born in Sweden, the artist sojourned in France, England, and Italy to study the art of these countries. Under the impact of various European models he developed his own specific style, which he later successfully passed on to his numerous pupils. Originally trained as a miniaturist, Meytens brought monumental painting to perfection over the years, but – except for a few forays into figure painting – always remained true to portraiture.  
The exhibition at the Winterpalais introduces Martin van Meytens the Younger on the basis of his most significant works, the focus being on portraits of two or more sitters. A further focal point of the show will be the depiction of prominent personalities of contemporary spiritual, artistic, and political life (such as Franz Christoph von Scheyb, Pietro Metastasio, and Daniele Antonio Bertoli), giving a vivid impression of the elites of those days. Moreover, the exhibition will look into the careers of the artist’s most important students, including Joseph Hickel. This new generation of artists represents the transition from the stately Baroque portrait they had adopted from Meytens to a much more sober style that was committed to Josephinism and the Enlightenment.

## Impressions

- ![Oil on canvas  220 x 158 cm — Martin van Meytens Yr., Archduke Peter Leopold, around 1753 — © Schloss Eggenberg, Graz](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_439886223157.jpg.webp?itok=a0lMjHyK)
- ![Oil on canvas  105 x 126 cm — Martin van Meytens Yr., Double Portrait, 1740 — © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_439886223150.jpg.webp?itok=pEsaOCLn)
- ![Oil on copper  28 x 21 cm — Martin van Meytens Yr., Kneeling Nun (Back side), about 1731 — © National Museum Stockholm](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_439886223163.jpg.webp?itok=CeP3fCJE)
- ![Oil on canvas  100 x 122 cm — Martin van Meytens Yr., Carl Gustaf Tessin, Ulla Sparre of Sundby and Brita Stina Sparre, 1730/31 — © National Museum Stockholm](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_439886223181.jpg.webp?itok=yxT9nV8F)
- ![Oil on canvas  235 x 160 cm — Martin van Meytens Yr., Emperor Francis I Stephen, about 1745/1765 — © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_439886223182.jpg.webp?itok=Et9-8tzf)
- ![Martin van Meytens der Jüngere — Exhibition view "Martin van Meytens the Younger" — Photo: Eva Würdinger, © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_439886223156.jpg.webp?itok=6_lGDnDS)
- ![Martin van Meytens der Jüngere — Exhibition view "Martin van Meytens the Younger" — Photo: Eva Würdinger, © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_439886223153.jpg.webp?itok=ntvDd20K)
- ![Oil on canvas  333 x 283 cm — Martin van Meytens Yr., The Family of Count Nikolaus Palffy of Erdöd, around 1760 — © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_439886223151_0.jpg.webp?itok=H10g7btV)