Sir Balthazar Gerbier (23 February 1592, in N.S. – 1663)[1][2] was an Anglo-Dutch courtier, diplomat, art advisor, miniaturist and architectural designer, in his own words fluent in "several languages" with "a good hand in writing, skill in sciences as mathematics, architecture, drawing, painting,[3] contriving of scenes, masques, shows and entertainments for great Princes... as likewise for making of engines useful in war."[4]
- ^ Wood, Jeremy. "Gerbier, Sir Balthazar". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/10562. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ The date 1667 given on the tomb erected for him in Hamstead Marshall church, at a later date, seems to be incorrect, as his daughters were applying for alms in 1663, after his death (Colvin).
- ^ Balthazar Gerbier d'Ouvilly on Artnet
- ^ Quoted in Howard Colvin, A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600-1840, 3rd ed. (Yale University Press) 1995, s.v. "Gerbier, Sir Balthazar"; the architectural details in this article are based on Colvin.