with Karl von Piloty at Munich Academy (Akademie der Bildenden Künste)
1869 –commissioned by Franz Josef (Emperor of Austria) to produce decorative paintings in Vienna
1878 – exhibits Entry of Karl V into Antwerp at the Exposition universelle (Paris)
1879 – appointed professor of history painting at Vienna Academy (Akademie der Bildenden Künste)
1881 –commissioned to decorate staircase of the Kunsthistoriches Museum (Vienna)
London (1862); Paris (1862); Rome (1863); Cairo (1875-76); the Netherlands (1876)
Franz Josef (Emperor of Austria)
The Death of Cleopatra, 1875-76 (Neue Galerie, Kassel)
Hegel, Karl. “Der Einzug Kaiser Karls V. in Antwerpen, von A. Dürer gesehen und von H. Makart gemalt,“ Historische Zeitschrift, vo. 44, no. 3 (1880): 446-59 (in German)
Husslein-Arco, Agnes and Alexander Klee. Makart, Painter of the Senses. Exhibition catalogue. Munich: Prestel, 2011
Makart, Hans. Hans Makart, 1840-1884. Exhibition catalogue. Salzburg: Salzburg Museum, 2007 (in German)
