Sir Francis Drake (1540?-1596) (after Marcus Geeraerts, the younger)
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 129776
Summary
Oil painting on oak panel, Sir Francis Drake (1540?-1596) (after Marcus Geeraerts, the younger), British (English) School, 1605/08. Painted oval. One of a set of 44 portraits (NT 12971-129794).
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 (National Trust)
Makers and roles
British (English) School, artist after Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger (Bruges 1561/2 - London 1636), artist previously catalogued as attributed to Jan van Belcamp (c.1610 - Hampton Court 1653), artist