William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
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William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
by Unknown Anglo-Netherlandish artist
oil on panel, 1560s
37 1/2 in. x 28 1/4 in. (953 mm x 718 mm)
Purchased, 1928
Primary Collection
NPG 2184
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- William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (1520-1598), Lord High Treasurer. Sitter associated with 45 portraits.
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The large number of contemporary portraits of Cecil still in existence testifies to the widespread recognition of his great political importance. They all seem to stem from the same pattern, which indicates that he rarely sat for his likeness to be taken.
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- Audio Guide
- Tudor Portraits Resource Pack, p. 26
- Clare Gittings, The National Portrait Gallery Book of Elizabeth I, 2006, p. 6
- Cooper, John, A Guide to the National Portrait Gallery, 2009, p. 14
- MacLeod, Catharine, Tudor Portraits in the National Portrait Gallery Collection, 1996, p. 26
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 89
- Strong, Roy, Tudor and Jacobean Portraits, 1969, p. 28
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