Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder

Portrait of Elizabeth I of England, 1578[1]

Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder, Marc Gerard and Marcus Garret[2] (c. 1520 – c. 1590) was a Flemish painter, draughtsman, print designer and etcher who was active in his native Flanders and in England. He practised in many genres, including portraits, religious paintings, landscapes and architectural themes.[3] He designed heraldic designs and decorations for tombs. He is known for his creation of a print depicting a map of his native town Bruges and the illustrations for a Dutch-language publication recounting stories from Aesop's Fables. His attention to naturalistic detail and his practice of drawing animals from life for his prints had an important influence on European book illustration.[4] His son Marcus the Younger became a prominent court painter at the English court.[5]

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  2. ^ Many name variations: Marcus I Garret, Marcus the elder Geeraerts, Marcus Gerard the Elder, Marcus I Gheeraerts, Marcus Garret the Elder, Marcus Gheeraerts, Marcus the Elder Gerard, Marcus Geeraerts the Elder, Marcus the elder Gheeraerts, Marc Gerard, Marcus I Gheeraerts, Marc Gerards, Marcus I Gerard, Marc Geerarts, Marcus I Geeraerts, Marcus Geerards, Marc Gheeraerts, Marcus the Elder Gerards, Marcus Gheeraerts (I), Marcus Garret (I), Marcus Garrett, Marcus Garrett (I), Marcus Geeraerts, Marcus Geeraerts (I), Marcus Geerarts, Marcus Geerarts (I), Marcus Gheerhaerts, Marcus Gheerhaerts (I), Marcus Gerard, Marcus Gerard (I), Marcus Gerards, Marcus Gerards (I), Marcus (The Elder) Geeraerts, Marcus Gheeraerts Elder, Marcus Elder Gheeraerts, m. gheeraedts the elder, Marcus Geraers
  3. ^ Marcus Gheeraerts (I) Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine at the Netherlands Institute for Art History (in Dutch)
  4. ^ Margot Thybaut, Marcus Gheeraerts de oude een monografie, Master thesis, University of Ghent, Faculteit Letteren en Wijsbegeerte, vakgroep Kunst-, Muziek- en Theaterwetenschappen, voor het verkrijgen van de graad van Master, Promotor: prof. dr. Maximiliaan P.J. Martens (in Dutch)
  5. ^ Strong, Roy, "Elizabethan Painting: An Approach through Inscriptions. III. Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger." The Burlington Magazine 105 (1963): 149–157