Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu
by Hans Eworth
oil on panel, 1569
37 7/8 in. x 26 5/8 in. (962 mm x 676 mm)
Purchased, 1890
Primary Collection
NPG 842
Sitterback to top
- Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu (1528-1592), Courtier and diplomat. Sitter in 5 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Hans Eworth (active 1540-died 1574), Artist. Artist or producer associated with 26 portraits.
Linked publicationsback to top
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 436
- Strong, Roy, Tudor and Jacobean Portraits, 1969, p. 225
Events of 1569back to top
Current affairs
Catholic lords Thomas Percy, Earl of Northumberland and Charles Neville, Earl of Westmorland lead the Northern Uprising against the Protestant Queen Elizabeth I in an attempt to place the Catholic Mary, Queen of Scots on the English throne. The rebellion meets with little success and the leaders flee.The first official lottery in England is held to raise funds for public works.
Art and science
The Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator produces a map of the world with lines of longitude to assist navigation at sea.International
During the French Wars of Religion, the leader of the Huguenots (French Protestants), Louis de Bourbon, Prince of Condé is defeated and killed at the Battle of Jarnac. The Huguenots regroup with Admiral Gaspard de Coligny as their military leader.The Union of Lublin unites Lithuania and Poland, forming the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth under the sovereignty of Sigismund II Augustus.
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