Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, Count de Gondomar
16 of 23 portraits by Thomas Jenner
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, Count de Gondomar
by Simon de Passe, sold by Thomas Jenner
line engraving, 1622
7 in. x 4 1/4 in. (178 mm x 107 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1860
Reference Collection
NPG D34473
Sitterback to top
- Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, Count de Gondomar (1567-1626), Spanish ambassador to England. Sitter in 6 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Simon de Passe (1595-1647), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 200 portraits, Sitter in 4 portraits.
- Thomas Jenner (active 1621-1662), Printseller. Artist or producer associated with 23 portraits.
Events of 1622back to top
Current affairs
Lawyer and legal politician, Sir Edward Coke, is imprisoned in the Tower, and later under house arrest, ostensibly for asserting the right to debate commonweath matters in Parliament.The first race held at Newmarket is run between horses belonging to William Cecil, Earl of Salisbury and Marquis of Buckingham.
Art and science
The Tragedy of Othello, by playwright William Shakespeare, is published in quarto format for the first time by Thomas Walkley.Masque of Augurs, written by Benjamin Jonson, and designed by Inigo Jones, is performed at the newly built Banqueting House at Whitehall.
International
Peace conference convenes in Brussels endeavouring to end the escalating crisis in Europe. James I, involved in initiating the conference, sends politician Sir Richard Weston, Earl of Portland, to negotiate recovery of the Palatinate from Habsburg forces.In Northern America, Algonquian Indians kill hundreds of English settlers around Jamestown.
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