Pietro Vermigli
(1499-1562), Reformer, Theologian and known as 'Peter Martyr'Sitter in 15 portraits
Known as Peter Martyr; Protestant theologian. Born in Florence, he fled Italy as a heretic (1542). He was brought to London by Cranmer (1547) and appointed Professor of Divinity at Oxford (1548). Left England in 1553, but corresponded with him in Strasburg and later in Zurich.
by Unknown artist
oil on panel, transferred to canvas, 1560
NPG 195
after Unknown artist
woodcut, late 16th century?
NPG D45999
after Unknown artist
woodcut, possibly 17th century
NPG D24786
after Unknown artist
line engraving, circa 1600-1650
NPG D45998
after Unknown artist
line engraving, 17th century
NPG D46001
by Hendrik Hondius (Hond)
line engraving, circa 1602
NPG D45996
by Hendrik Hondius (Hond)
line engraving, circa 1602
NPG D45997
by John Sturt
line engraving, probably late 17th to early 18th century
NPG D24843
'The Candle is lighted, we can not blow out' (Leading Theologians of the Protestant Reformation)
published by John Garrett
line engraving, after 1673
NPG D24005
possibly by Nicholas Pitaut II, after Adriaen van der Werff
line engraving, 1697
NPG D24846
after Unknown artist
line engraving, possibly 18th century
NPG D24844
after Unknown artist
etching, circa 1700-1750
NPG D46000
by Unknown artist
etching, published 1769
NPG D42454
by Thomas Trotter
line engraving, 1779
NPG D24845
by Richard Houston, after Unknown artist
mezzotint, published 1759
NPG D4564
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