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Description: | The sitter can be identified thanks to labels attached to the back of the painting. It shows Sir Robert Carey, a courtier, diplomat and soldier of Elizabeth I. The portrait comes from Carey's house in Hertfordshire. It has been attributed to Geeraerts, a court portrait painter. The unusual scene in the top right is an allegorical motto designed to communicate to a learned viewer something about the sitter's character. It shows a woman, probably a combination of Venus and Fortune, drifting on the sea at night. The Latin phrase might indicate that such folly is not present here. | Subjects: | portrait (Carey Sir Robert sea creature) Earl of Monmouth 1560-1639); mythology (Birth of Venus Fortuna); allegory; animal (owl | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Geeraerts, Marcus, the younger (Flemish painter, 1561-1635, active in England) Æ Attributed to | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8361... | Go to resource |
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