William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (1520-1598) (after Marcus Geeraerts the elder)
British (English) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1605 - 1608 - 1793 (repainted and embellished frames)
Materials
Oil on oak panel
Measurements
690 x 543 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Knole, Kent
NT 129767
Summary
Oil painting on oak panel, Sir William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (1520-1598) (after Marcus Geeraerts the elder), British (English) School, 1605/08. Painted oval. One of a set of 44 portraits.
Provenance
Probably originally painted for Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset (1536 - 1608); on loan from the Trustees of the Sackville Estate
Credit line
Knole, The Sackville Collection
Makers and roles
British (English) School, artist after Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder (c.1520/1 - c.1586), artist previously catalogued as attributed to Jan van Belcamp (c.1610 - Hampton Court 1653), artist