Christian Seybold: The Master of Psychological Portraiture Christian Seybold (19 March 1695, Neuenhain bei Berlin – 29 September 1768, Vienna) represents a singular achievement in Baroque art—a painter who decisively rejected the prevailing artistic preoccupation with idealized beauty and instead championed an unprecedented level of realism, particularly evident in his prolific self-portraits. Born into a family originating from Oberu…