Catherine de' Medici

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Catherine de' Medici

by Marc Duval
line engraving, 1579
8 7/8 in. x 5 7/8 in. (226 mm x 150 mm) paper size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D47413

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  • Marc Duval (circa 1530-1581), Painter and engraver. Artist or producer of 1 portrait.

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  • Bolland, Charlotte, The Tudors Passion, Power and Politics, 2022, p. 80

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Current affairs

During his circumnavigation of the globe, Sir Francis Drake sails up the west coast of North America and asserts English sovereignty over New Albion (present-day California).
Rebellion in Munster, Ireland, against English rule.

Art and science

The cartographer Christopher Saxton publishes the first atlas of England and Wales.
The poet and administrator Edmund Spenser publishes The Shepheardes Calender.
Nicholas Bacon is painted in his role as Lord Keeper of the Great Seal to Elizabeth I.

International

The division of the Netherlands. The Union of Utrecht unites the northern, Protestant provinces marking the foundation of the Dutch Republic. The southern, Catholic provinces are reconciled with Philip II of Spain though the Union of Arras.

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