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Description: | Three-quarter length figure, head and body turned to the proper left; eyes looking at the viewer. He wears the Garter robes, collar and jewel, and holds the white staff of the Lord Chamberlain in his right hand (and the hilt of his sword in his left). White beard; white lace ruff; jewelled flat hat with cheek pieces. Plain background; upper left corner, Burghley coat of arms surrounded by the Garter, and suspended by a ribbon held by a trompe l'oeil hand in a cloud; a motto on a cartellino (illusionistically painted piece of paper) below. | Subjects: | portrait | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Geeraerts, Marcus, the younger (Flemish painter, 1561-1635, active in England) Æ School of | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8759... | Go to resource |
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