Jacob Heinrich Elbfas

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Portrait of Axel Oxenstierna, 1626.
Portrait of Axel Oxenstierna, 1626.
Portrait of Gustavus II Adolphus, 1630.
Portrait of Gustavus II Adolphus, 1630.

Jacob Heinrich Elbfas (born around 1600 in Livonia, dead 1664 in Stockholm) was a portrait painter.

Elbfas was educated in Strasbourg in a tradition drawing back to Renaissance portraits. He established himself in Sweden from 1622 and from 1628 in Stockholm where he became a guild master. During the period 1634-1640 he worked as a court painter for Queen Maria Eleonora. His was frequently employed by the Swedish nobility and his influence on Swedish art was considerable until a new generation of artists were invited by Queen Christina during the 1640s.

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