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Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger BIOGRAPHY
1561/62 Bruges, Belgium - 1636 London, England. Known for: Portrait painting of notable persons, engraving.
Marcus Gheeraerts (also written as Gerards or Geerards; c. 1561/62 – 19 January 1636) was a Flemish artist working at the Tudor court, described as "the most important artist of quality to work in... Read full biography
Marcus Gheeraerts (also written as Gerards or Geerards; c. 1561/62 – 19 January 1636) was a Flemish artist working at the Tudor court, described as "the most important artist of quality to work in England in large-scale between Eworth and Van Dyck." He was brought to England as a child by his... Read full biography
Marcus Gheeraerts (also written as Gerards or Geerards; c. 1561/62 – 19 January 1636) was a Flemish artist working at the Tudor court, described as "the most important artist of quality to work in England in large-scale between Eworth and Van Dyck." He was brought to England as a child by his father Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder, also a painter. He became a fashionable portraitist in the last decade of the reign of Elizabeth I under the patronage of her champion and pageant-master, Sir Henry Lee.... Read full biography
Marcus Gheeraerts (also written as Gerards or Geerards; c. 1561/62 – 19 January 1636) was a Flemish artist working at the Tudor court, described as "the most important artist of quality to work in England in large-scale between Eworth and Van Dyck." He was brought to England as a child by his father Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder, also a painter. He became a fashionable portraitist in the last decade of the reign of Elizabeth I under the patronage of her champion and pageant-master, Sir Henry Lee. Gheeraerts introduced a new aesthetic in English court painting that captured the essence of a sitter through close observation. He became a favorite portraitist of James I's Queen Anne of Denmark, but fell out of fashion in the late 1610s. Marcus... Read full biography
Marcus Gheeraerts (also written as Gerards or Geerards; c. 1561/62 – 19 January 1636) was a Flemish artist working at the Tudor court, described as "the most important artist of quality to work in England in large-scale between Eworth and Van Dyck." He was brought to England as a child by his father Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder, also a painter. He became a fashionable portraitist in the last decade of the reign of Elizabeth I under the patronage of her champion and pageant-master, Sir Henry Lee. Gheeraerts introduced a new aesthetic in English court painting that captured the essence of a sitter through close observation. He became a favorite portraitist of James I's Queen Anne of Denmark, but fell out of fashion in the late 1610s. Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger (sometimes known as Mark Garrard was born in Bruges, the son of the artist Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder and his wife Jo... Read full biography
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Mark Garrard, Marcus Geerards the Younger, Marcus Gerards
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Marcus Gheeraerts (also written as Gerards or Geerards; c. 1561/62 – 19 January 1636) was a Flemish artist working at the Tudor court, described as "the most important artist of quality to work in England in large-scale between Eworth and Van Dyck." He was brought to England as a child by his father Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder, also a painter.
He became a fashionable portraitist in the last decade of the reign of Elizabeth I under the patronage of her champion and pageant-master, Sir Henry Lee. Gheeraerts introduced a new aesthetic in English court painting that captured the essence of a sitter through close observation. He became a favorite portraitist of James I's Queen Anne of Denmark, but fell out of fashion in the late 1610s.But wait, there's more...
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