Portraits of Sir Thomas Gresham and Anne Fernely

Anthonis Mor, c. 1560 - c. 1565

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

  • Artwork typepainting
  • Object numberSK-A-3118
  • Dimensionsheight 90 cm x width 75.5 cm
  • Physical characteristicsoil on panel

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Portraits of Sir Thomas Gresham and Anne Fernely

Anthonis Mor, c. 1560 - c. 1565

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Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Portrait of Sir Thomas Gresham (1519 - 1579) Merchant and financial agent of the English crown in the Netherlands, founder of the Royal Exchange and of Gresham college, London
    • Portraits of Sir Thomas Gresham and Anne Fernely

  • Object type

  • Object number

    SK-A-3118

  • Description

    Portret van Sir Thomas Gresham. Koopman en financieel agent der Engelse kroon in de Nederlanden, stichter van de Londense beurs en van Gresham College te Londen. Zittend in een stoel, handschoenen in de rechterhand. Pendant van SK-A-3119.

Creation

  • Creation

    painter: Anthonis Mor, Antwerp

  • Dating

    c. 1560 - c. 1565

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    oil on panel

  • Dimensions

    height 90 cm x width 75.5 cm

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Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt

  • Acquisition

    purchase 1931-05

  • Copyright

    Public domain

Documentation

    • Marieke van Wamel, 'Zóó goed roomsch en zóó goed spaansch. Anthonis Mor and the Problematic Position of Sixteenth-Century Artists with Spanish Patrons in Dutch Art History', Oud Holland 127 (2014) nr. 2/3, p. 57, afb. 6.
    • M. van de Laar, M. Wolters, A. Wallert, 'Anthonis Mor and the portrait of Thomas Gresham', in: Making Art in Tudor Britain, Abstracts from Academic Workshops (2007-2008), internetpublicatie op: http://www.npg.org.uk/research/programmes/making-art-in-tudor-britain/workshops/workshop-3-abstract-1.php
    • 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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