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| Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger Queen Elizabeth I ca. 1597 oil on canvas Trinity College, University of Cambridge |
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| Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex ca. 1597 oil on canvas National Portrait Gallery, London |
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| Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger Sir Henry Lee, Master of the Armouries ca. 1590-1600 oil on canvas Royal Armouries Museum, London |
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| Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger Captain Thomas Lee in Irish Dress 1594 oil on canvas Tate Britain |
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| Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales ca. 1603 oil on canvas National Portrait Gallery, London |
"Born in Bruges, Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger came to London in 1568 with his father, a painter who emigrated to escape the state persecution of Protestants in Flanders. Little is known of Gheeraerts' early years or his artistic training. In 1590 he married Magdalen de Critz, a sister of the painter John de Critz. The couple had six children, four of whom died young. Gheeraerts' earliest known paintings date from around 1592 and include his celebrated portrait of Queen Elizabeth I. By 1611 Gheeraerts had become a favourite of Queen Anne of Denmark, the wife of King James I. He painted several royal portraits, but by 1618 was superseded by a new generation of Dutch-trained artists. Although Gheeraerts continued to paint throughout the 1620s, his sitters became considerably less distinguished."
– adapted from biographical notes at the Scottish National Gallery
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| Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger Elizabeth, Countess of Devonshire ca. 1605 oil on canvas Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, West Midlands |
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| Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger Portrait of a Boy, aged Two 1608 oil on panel Compton Verney, Warwickshire |
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| Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger Alexander Seton, 1st Earl of Dunfermline 1610 oil on canvas Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh |
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| attributed to Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger Portrait of Arabella Stuart ca. 1610 oil on canvas Temple Newsam House, Leeds |
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| Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger Portrait of a Man in Classical Dress (possibly Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke) ca. 1610 oil on panel Tate Britain |
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| attributed to Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger Queen Anne of Denmark ca. 1612 oil on panel National Portrait Gallery, London |
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| Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger Tom Derry, Jester to Anne of Denmark 1614 oil on panel Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh |
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| Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger Mary, Lady Scudamore 1615 oil on panel National Portrait Gallery, London |
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| Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger Portrait of a Lady ca. 1615-18 oil on panel Dulwich Picture Gallery, London |
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| Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger Portrait of a Lady in Red 1620 oil on panel Tate Britain |