Hans Eworth
(active 1540-died 1574), ArtistArtist associated with 26 portraits
Hans Eworth moved to England in the 1540s, and was the most distinguished Netherlandish artist to work in England in the mid-sixteenth century. His surviving work consists mostly of portraits done between 1549-1570. About thirty-five paintings are generally attributed to him, consisting primarily of dated portraits of the English gentry and nobility. Eworth was the principal court portrait painter during the reign of the Catholic queen Mary Tudor (1553-8), and he received the large majority of his portrait commissions from Catholic patrons. This close association with the Roman Church was a major reason for his fall from court favour during the reign of Elizabeth.
Mary Neville, Lady Dacre; Gregory Fiennes, 10th Baron Dacre
by Hans Eworth
oil on panel, 1559
On display in Room 2 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 6855
by Hans Eworth
oil on panel, 1566
NPG 1388
Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu
by Hans Eworth
oil on panel, 1569
NPG 842
by George Vertue, after Hans Eworth
line engraving, 1732
NPG D25091
by George Vertue, after Hans Eworth
line engraving, 1732
NPG D36705
Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk
by Jacobus Houbraken, after Hans Eworth
line engraving, 1735
NPG D25123
Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk
by Jacobus Houbraken, after Hans Eworth
line engraving, 1735
NPG D38984
Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk
by Jacobus Houbraken, after Hans Eworth
line engraving, 1735
NPG D38985
Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk
by Jacobus Houbraken, after Hans Eworth
line engraving, 1735
NPG D42868
by George Vertue, after Hans Eworth
line engraving, 1736
NPG D24874
by George Vertue, after Hans Eworth
line engraving, 1736
NPG D15197
Mary Neville, Lady Dacre; Gregory Fiennes, 10th Baron Dacre
by George Vertue, after Hans Eworth
line engraving, 1748 (1559)
On display in Room 11 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG D25588
Mary Neville, Lady Dacre; Gregory Fiennes, 10th Baron Dacre
by George Vertue, after Hans Eworth
line engraving, 1748 (1559)
NPG D34488
after Hans Eworth
watercolour, late 18th-early 19th century
NPG D2130
William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Effingham
by John Ogborne, possibly after Hans Eworth
line engraving, published 1774
NPG D31597
published by James and John Cundee, after Hans Eworth
stipple engraving, published 1815
NPG D41901
by Thomas Anthony Dean, published by Harding & Lepard, after Hans Eworth
stipple and line engraving, published 1826
NPG D31828
by Sir George Scharf, after Hans Eworth
pencil on tracing paper, circa 1857-1895 (1565)
NPG D22545
Lady Mary Fitzalan, Duchess of Norfolk, formerly identified as Mary, Queen of Scots
by Sir James Lewis Caw, after Hans Eworth
pencil, 1896 (1565)
NPG D21663
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