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Artist:
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Studio of Marcus Gheeraerts
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Title:
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Portrait of Robert Devereux, Second Earl of Essex (1565-1601)
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Date:
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1599
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Medium:
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Oil on panel
(1970 catalogue states 'oil on panel, mounted on aluminum')
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Dimensions:
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19 1/2 x 15 1/2 in. (49.53 x 39.37 cm) (panel)
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Credit Line:
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The John Washburn Fund
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Location:
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Gallery 325
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The Earl of Essex was an English nobleman and a favorite of Queen Elizabeth I. Politically ambitious, and a committed general, he was placed under house arrest following a poor campaign in Ireland during the Nine Years' War in 1599. In 1601, he led a failed coup d'etat against the government and was executed for treason.
During the mid-1590s, while Essex was still in favor at court, he relied upon celebrated Tudor artist Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger exclusively for portrait sittings. This work is a studio variant of his most famous portrait, now housed at Woburn Abbey in England.
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Artist/Creator(s)
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Name:
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Gheeraerts, Marcus
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Nationality:
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Flemish
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Life Dates:
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Flemish, 1561/62 - 1636
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Object Description
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Inscriptions:
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Date UL: [Ano 1599]
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Classification:
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Paintings
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Physical Description:
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Portrait of a man. Portrait of Robert Devereux, Second Earl of Essex
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Creation Place:
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Europe, England, , ,
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Accession #:
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24.24
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Owner:
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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