Lambert Sustris (c. 1515-1520 – c. 1584) was a Dutch painter alert mainly in Venice. The works Sustris completed in Italy exhibit either a Mannerist style or qualities that may be deemed proto-baroque. He is then referred to as Alberto de Olanda (Albert of Holland). He was born in Amsterdam, and unaccompanied came to Venice when higher than 40 years old. His training is unknown, but he was utilized by the studio of Titian for the depiction of landscapes. He accompanied Titian upon his trips to Augsburg in 1548 and 1550–1551, and there executed portraits. Returning to Venice, he was influenced by Parmigianino and Andrea Meldolla. He was a speculative to Girolamo Muziano. As the Muziano scholar, Patrizia Tosini has noted, Sustris’ works, via his pupil Muziano, are a significant means by which a mid-sixteenth century Venetian engagement in landscape and its role as a backdrop for historical subjects further to Rome in the mid-to-late sixteenth century. His son was Friedrich Sustris.
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