Procession of the Knights of the Garter
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Procession of the Knights of the Garter
after Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder
photograph of engraving, (1576)
15 3/4 in. x 21 3/4 in. (400 mm x 552 mm)
Reference Collection
NPG D31855
Artistback to top
- Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder (circa 1520-after 1585), Painter and etcher. Artist associated with 5 portraits.
Sittersback to top
- Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1526-1586). Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Henry Fitzalan, 12th Earl of Arundel (1511?-1580), Soldier and courtier. Sitter associated with 6 portraits. Identify
- François, duc de Montmorency (1530-1579), Son of Anne, first Duc de Montmorency. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Henri III, King of France (1551-1589), King of France 1574-1589; King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania 1573-1575. Sitter in 5 portraits. Identify
- Edward Fiennes de Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln (1512-1585), Lord High Admiral. Sitter associated with 5 portraits. Identify
- Philip II, King of Spain (1527-1598), Husband of Mary I. Sitter associated with 27 portraits. Identify
- Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy (1528-1580), Duke of Savoy. Sitter in 3 portraits. Identify
- Thomas Radcliffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex (1526?-1583), Soldier and courtier. Sitter associated with 8 portraits. Identify
Related worksback to top
- NPG D31853: Procession of the Knights of the Garter (sheet 1) (companion portrait)
- NPG D31854: Procession of the Knights of the Garter (sheet 2) (companion portrait)
- NPG D31856: Procession of the Knights of the Garter (sheet 4) (companion portrait)
- NPG D31857: Procession of the Knights of the Garter (sheet 5) (companion portrait)
Subjects & Themesback to top
Events of 1576back to top
Current affairs
Parliament presents Queen Elizabeth I with a petition complaining of ecclesiastical abuses.The member of Parliament Peter Wentworth is imprisoned for attacking royal interference with Parliamentary freedom of speech.
The explorer and privateer Martin Frobisher sets out to find a Northwest passage to the Far East. He becomes the first European to visit Baffin Island, Canada.
Art and science
The actor and theatre manager James Burbage builds the Theatre, the first permanent playhouse in England, at Shoreditch, London.The composer Thomas Whithorne writes the earliest known autobiography in English.
International
Pacification of Ghent - an alliance between the Protestant northern and Catholic southern provinces of the Netherlands to collectively fight for the expulsion of Spanish troops from their territories.The Spanish army serving in the Low Countries mutinies and sacks the city of Antwerp.
Death of the Holy Roman Emperor Maximillian II and succession of his son Rudolf II.
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