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Description: | This bust-length portrait shows Robert Devereux the second Earl of Essex (1565-1601) against a plain background. The painting follows the more poetic style that Geeraerts introduced into Elizabethan portraiture. By placing the sitter against a plain dark background, the artist effectively draws the viewer's attention to his richly decorated silk costume and elaborate lace ruff that display his wealth. | Subjects: | Robert portrait (Devereux Second Earl of Essex and of the Sixth Creation) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Geeraerts, Marcus, the younger (Flemish painter, 1561-1635, active in England) Æ Attributed to studio of | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8342... | Go to resource |
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