Born in Antwerp in 1597, Giusto Suttermans trained under Willem de Vos and later moved to Italy, where he spent the majority of his career. He established himself in Florence, gaining the patronage of the Medici grand dukes, which allowed him to become one of the most sought-after portraitists of the 17th-century European aristocracy.

His signature style is characterized by a refined, elegant approach to portraiture that captured the status and personality of his sitters with meticulous detail. While primarily celebrated for his portraits of royalty and nobility, his oeuvre also includes history paintings, genre scenes, still lifes, and depictions of animals, demonstrating a versatile technical range within the Flemish and Italian Baroque traditions.