Portraits of Sir Thomas Gresham and Anne Fernely

• Portraits of Sir Thomas Gresham and Anne Fernely
• Portrait of Anne Fernely. Wife of Sir Thomas Gresham

SK-A-3119

Sir Thomas Gresham (1519–1579) was the leading English merchant in Antwerp and also the English king’s financial agent in the Low Countries. He and his wife, Anne Fernely, are expensively, yet soberly dressed. Their status is also evident in their choice of painter: Anthonis Mor was one of the pre-eminent portraitists of his day and court painter to the Spanish king.

F. Bijl de Vroe, "Het Nationaal Fonds 1930 en de voorzitters M.P. Voûte en E. Heldring", Bulletin van de Vereniging Rembrandt 15 (2005), nr. 2, p. 29-31.

painter: Anthonis Mor, Antwerp

c. 1560 - c. 1565

olieverf op doek

height 88 cm x width 75.5 cm

Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt

purchase 1931-05

Public domain

F. Bijl de Vroe, "Het Nationaal Fonds 1930 en de voorzitters M.P. Voûte en E. Heldring", Bulletin van de Vereniging Rembrandt 15 (2005), nr. 2, p. 29-31.

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