FDA-P.262-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-P.262-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
Listed in 'Eton College Portraits' by Lionel Cust (1910) as follows:
'Robert Devereux, second Earl of Essex.
Born 1567. The favourite of Queen Elizabeth. Beheaded, 1601.
Painter uncertain.
[Audit Room.]'
'Robert Devereux, second Earl of Essex.
Born 1567. The favourite of Queen Elizabeth. Beheaded, 1601.
Painter uncertain.
[Audit Room.]'
Description
Content (person)
Essex, Robert Devereux, 1566 - 1601 (Sitter)
Content (note)
Three-quarter-length, in a white embroidered doublet, wearing the riband of the Greater George and holding a Marshal's baton
Dimensions
height (sight size): 1160mm
width (sight size): 820mm
width (sight size): 820mm
Inscription
I.D. label on frame: 'ROBERT DEVERAUX / EARL OF ESSEX KG (1567-1601)'
Materials & techniques note
Oil on canvas
Physical description
Narrow gilt frame
Production
Person
Gheeraerts, Marcus (The Younger), c.1561 - 1636 (Source artist)
Date
c.1596-1601
