Joost Susterman Enter a
feeling, not
a gallery.
Choose a mood and the room itself answers — the light cools or warms, the air changes pace, and only the works that carry that feeling step forward from the dark. Everything else recedes into shadow.
Joost Susterman
Early Life and Training Justus Sustermans, Joost Suttermans or Suttermans (born Antwerp, Belgium 1597 – died 1681 Florence) was a Flemish Baroque painter and draughtsman whose career spanned over six decades and cemented his reputation as the foremost portrait painter in Italy during his time. Born into an artistic family—his father, Frans Sutermans, was also a painter—Justus’s upbringing instilled within him a profound appreciation fo
r visual art from a young age. He began his artistic journey in Antwerp, where he was profoundly influenced by the monumental canvases of Peter Paul Rubens and Anthony van Dyck, artists who epitomized the grandeur and dynamism of the Baroque aesthetic. This formative period equipped him with foundational skills and exposed him to stylistic innovations that would shape his distinctive oeuvre. Style and Technique Sustermans’ artistic s…
