Jacob Heinrich Elbfas

Jacob Heinrich Elbfas (c. 1600 – 1664) was a Baltic German portrait painter.

Elbfas was born in Livonia and educated in Strasbourg, in a tradition dating 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 to 1640 he worked as a court painter for Queen Maria Eleonora.

His influence on Swedish art was considerable until a new generation of artists were invited by Queen Christina during the 1640s.