Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger
(1561 or 1562-1636), PainterSitter in 2 portraits
Artist associated with 29 portraits
Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger spent his early years in Bruges, Belgium, where his father, Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder, was active as a painter and printmaker. When he was about seven, the family moved to London. Gheeraerts eventually obtained many commissions from the English court, both for portraits and for decorative work. He was the most distinguished and most fashionable portraitist of the 1590s, popular at the courts of Elizabeth I and James I. Following the death of Anne of Denmark, wife of James I, Gheeraerts's sitters came increasingly from the gentry.
Queen Elizabeth I ('The Ditchley portrait')
by Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger
oil on canvas, circa 1592
On display in Room 1 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 2561
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex
after Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger
oil on canvas, early 17th century, based on a work of circa 1596
On display in Room 1 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 180
Anne, Lady Pope with her children
by Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger
oil on canvas, 1596
NPG L231
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex
by Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger
oil on canvas, circa 1597
NPG 4985
by Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger
oil on canvas, circa 1603
NPG 2562
by or after Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger
oil on panel, 17th century, based on a work of 1609
NPG 528
Probably Mary (née Throckmorton), Lady Scudamore
by Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger
oil on panel, 1615
NPG 64
by Silvester (Sylvester) Harding, after Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger
watercolour
NPG 3090(1)
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex
by John Ogborne, after Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger
line engraving, (circa 1596)
NPG D21312
after Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger
etching, (1627)
NPG D25565
by Alexander Bannerman, after Wenceslaus Hollar, after Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger
line engraving, (1627)
NPG D25566
by Robert White, after Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger
line engraving, published 1691
NPG D19163
by Robert White, after Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger
line engraving, published 1691
NPG D21096
by Robert White, after Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger
line engraving, published 1691
NPG D21094
by James Basire, after W.P.J. Lodder (Loder), after Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger
line engraving, 1789
NPG D18702
by James Basire, after W.P.J. Lodder (Loder), after Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger
line engraving, 1789
NPG D21095
by R. Clamp, after Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger
stipple engraving, published 1796
NPG D26135
by R. Clamp, after Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger
stipple engraving, published 1796
NPG D38542
by R. Clamp, after Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger
stipple engraving, published 1796
NPG D5908
by R. Clamp, published by E. & S. Harding, after Silvester (Sylvester) Harding, after Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger
stipple engraving, published 1796
NPG D5909
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