Martin Kober (c. 1550 – before 1598) 

• Marcin Kober was a Polish painter.
• Born in Wrocław Poland.
• Trained as a guild painter, he traveled through Germany for three years as a wandering journeyman to gain experience in different workshops.
• In 1583 he came to the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from Magdeburg and become court painter of King Stephen Báthory and Queen Anna Jagiellon.
• He was appointed the royal servitor and at the court he met his wife Dorothea, also a painter specializing in painting crests.
• After the King's death he returned to Wrocław, from where he joined the Imperial court of Rudolf II in Prague as a portrait painter.
• The emperor released him from the guild laws in 1587.
• After his return to Poland in 1590 he was employed by King Sigismund III Vasa and worked in Kraków and Warsaw.
• He also traveled to Graz in 1595 to paint portraits of the family of Archduke Charles II for Queen Anne of Austria.
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