Ambrose Blaurer
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Ambrose Blaurer
by Hendrik Hondius (Hond)
line engraving, circa 1599
6 3/4 in. x 4 7/8 in. (172 mm x 123 mm) plate size; 9 3/4 in. x 6 1/2 in. (247 mm x 165 mm) paper size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D46082
Artistback to top
- Hendrik Hondius (Hond) (1573-1650), Printmaker, draughtsman and publisher. Artist or producer associated with 24 portraits, Sitter in 2 portraits.
Events of 1599back to top
Current affairs
Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex's campaign in Ireland is unsuccessful. He signs a truce with the leader of the rebellion Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone and returns to England without royal permission. He is placed under house arrest on his return to court.King James VI of Scotland (future James I of England) writes Basilikon Doron ('The Royal Gift'), which asserts his theory of the divine right of kings.
Art and science
The Globe Theatre is built in London.William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar is performed for the first time.
Death of the poet and administrator Edmund Spenser, author of The Faerie Queene.
Birth of the painter Anthony van Dyck in Antwerp (in present-day Belgium).
International
Michael the Brave, Prince of Wallachia, deposes Andrew Báthory, Prince of Transylvania.Akbar, Mughal Emperor of India, leads a campaign of conquest into southern India.
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