Lambert Sustris

Lambert Sustris (c. 1515/1520 – c. 1584) was a Dutch painter active mainly in Venice.

The works Sustris completed in Italy exhibit either a Mannerist style or qualities that may be deemed proto-Baroque.

His training is unknown, but he was utilized by the studio of Titian for the depiction of landscapes.

Returning to Venice, he was influenced by Parmigianino and Andrea Meldolla.

As the Muziano scholar Patrizia Tosini has noted, Sustris's works, via his pupil Muziano, are a significant means by which a mid-sixteenth century Venetian interest in landscape and its role as a backdrop for historical subjects spread to Rome in the mid-to-late sixteenth century.