Anthonis Mor, also known as Anthonis Mor van Dashorst and Antonio Moro (c. 1517 – 1577), was a
Netherlandish
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portrait painter
Portrait Painting is a genre in painting, where the intent is to represent a specific human subject. The term 'portrait painting' can also describe the actual painted portrait. Portraitists may create their work by commission, for public and pr ...
, much in demand by the courts of Europe. He has also been referred to as Antoon, Anthonius, Anthonis or Mor van Dashorst, and as Antonio Moro, António Mouro, Anthony More, etc., but signed most of his portraits as Anthonis Mor.
Mor developed a formal style for court portraits, largely based on
Titian
Tiziano Vecelli or Vecellio (; 27 August 1576), known in English as Titian ( ), was an Italian (Venetian) painter of the Renaissance, considered the most important member of the 16th-century Venetian school. He was born in Pieve di Cadore, nea ...
, that was extremely influential on
court painter
A court painter was an artist who painted for the members of a royal or princely family, sometimes on a fixed salary and on an exclusive basis where the artist was not supposed to undertake other work. Painters were the most common, but the cour ...
s across Europe, especially in the
Iberian Peninsula
The Iberian Peninsula (),
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* Aragonese and Occitan: ''Peninsula Iberica''
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* french: Péninsule Ibérique
* mwl, Península Eibérica
* eu, Iberiar penintsula also known as Iberia, is a peninsula in southwestern Europe, def ...
, where it created a tradition that led to
Diego Velázquez. It can include considerable psychological penetration, especially in portraits of men, but always gives the subject a grand and self-possessed air.
Early life and education
Mor was born in
Utrecht
Utrecht ( , , ) is the fourth-largest city and a municipality of the Netherlands, capital and most populous city of the province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, in the very centre of mainland Net ...
,
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, by some estimation between 1516 and 1520. Little is known about his early life, except that his artistic education commenced under
Jan van Scorel
Jan van Scorel (1 August 1495 – 6 December 1562) was a Dutch painter, who played a leading role in introducing aspects of Italian Renaissance painting into Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painting. He was one of the early painters of the Ro ...
. His earliest known work is a portrait which is now in a collection in
Stockholm, dated 1538.
Painting career
A group of
Knights of St. John
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at
Utrecht
Utrecht ( , , ) is the fourth-largest city and a municipality of the Netherlands, capital and most populous city of the province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, in the very centre of mainland Net ...
, supposed to have been painted about 1541; and a picture of two pilgrims at the
Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, dated 1544; and the portrait of an unknown woman, in the
Lille gallery, were probably among his earliest works. Their authenticity has not been established.
Antwerp
In 1547 Mor was received as a member of the Venerable
Guild of St. Luke at Antwerp, and shortly afterwards (about 1548) he attracted the attention of
Cardinal Granvelle,
Bishop of Arras
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Arras (–Boulogne–Saint-Omer) (Latin: ''Dioecesis Atrebatensis (–Bononiena–Audomarensis)''; French: ''Diocèse d'Arras (–Boulogne–Saint-Omer)'') is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church i ...
, who became his steady patron. Of the portraits executed during the early period of his career as Granvelle's protege, two are especially notable: one of the bishop himself (in the imperial gallery in Vienna), and one of the
Duke of Alba
Duke of Alba de Tormes ( es, Duque de Alba de Tormes), commonly known as Duke of Alba, is a title of Spanish nobility that is accompanied by the dignity of Grandee of Spain. In 1472, the title of ''Count of Alba de Tormes'', inherited by ...
, which now belongs to the Hispanic Society of New York. Between 1549 and 1550 Prince
Philip II of Spain (1527–1598) traveled around the Netherlands to present himself as the future ruler. Mor painted his portrait in Brussels in 1549. He probably visited
Italy
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(when exactly is not known), where he copied some works by
Titian
Tiziano Vecelli or Vecellio (; 27 August 1576), known in English as Titian ( ), was an Italian (Venetian) painter of the Renaissance, considered the most important member of the 16th-century Venetian school. He was born in Pieve di Cadore, nea ...
, notably the ''
Danaë
In Greek mythology, Danaë (, ; ; , ) was an Argive princess and mother of the hero Perseus by Zeus. She was credited with founding the city of Ardea in Latium during the Bronze Age.
Family
Danae was the daughter and only child of King Acri ...
''.
Portugal
In the middle of 1550 Mor left for Lisbon with a commission from
Mary of Hungary
Mary, also known as Maria of Anjou (, , ; 137117 May 1395), reigned as Queen of Hungary and Croatia (officially 'king') between 1382 and 1385, and from 1386 until her death. She was the daughter of Louis the Great, King of Hungary and Poland ...
to portray the Portuguese branch of the family. Mor probably traveled via Valladolid, where he painted the portraits of
Maximilian II and his wife
Maria of Austria, their daughter
Anna
Anna may refer to:
People Surname and given name
* Anna (name)
Mononym
* Anna the Prophetess, in the Gospel of Luke
* Anna (wife of Artabasdos) (fl. 715–773)
* Anna (daughter of Boris I) (9th–10th century)
* Anna (Anisia) (fl. 1218 to 12 ...
and the son of
Philip II of Spain,
Don Carlos
''Don Carlos'' is a five-act grand opera composed by Giuseppe Verdi to a French-language libretto by Joseph Méry and Camille du Locle, based on the dramatic play '' Don Carlos, Infant von Spanien'' (''Don Carlos, Infante of Spain'') by Fried ...
. In Lisbon, Mor portrayed
King John III,
Queen Catharine,
Prince João Manuel and Philip II’s future wife, Princess
Maria of Portugal. Little more is known about Mor's stay in Portugal, but he was definitely back in Brussels by November 1553.
England
After the sudden death of the king of England, Edward VI, in July 1553, the Spanish king Charles V now saw the possibility of an alliance between Spain and England. The engagement between Philip and his Portuguese princess was broken and negotiations started for a marriage with the successor to the English throne,
Mary Tudor. During these negotiations, Mor was sent to England to paint a portrait of Mary, but the exact date of the painting is unknown. This portrait was much appreciated in England and Mor made at least three versions, which became much the best-known likeness of the queen (Prado, Marquess of Northampton). On 20 December 1553, Philip officially appointed Mor as painter in his service.
Brussels / Utrecht
In October 1555, Charles V abdicated from the throne. During the ceremonies and festivities surrounding the coronation of his son Philip as king of Spain, Mor would have received many commissions for paintings. Unfortunately, many of these paintings are lost or only known through copies.
Mor was very productive after Philip's ascension to the throne, and produced some of his most important portraits in this period, such as the portrait of Prince
William I of Orange
William the Silent (24 April 153310 July 1584), also known as William the Taciturn (translated from nl, Willem de Zwijger), or, more commonly in the Netherlands, William of Orange ( nl, Willem van Oranje), was the main leader of the Dutch Rev ...
(William the Silent) (1555), the portrait of
Alessandro Farnese (1557) and a new portrait of Philip II. Other important works from this period include the portrait of Jane Dormer (1558), the portraits of Jean Lecocq and his wife (1559), and the portrait of Jan van Scorel (1559), which was at a later time to be hung at his tomb and now belongs to the Society of Antiquaries (London). Following the death of Mary Tudor in 1558, King Philip was remarried in June 1559 to Isabella de Valois, whom Mor portrayed ca. 1561. This portrait appears to have been lost. Also from this period dates the only known self-portrait of Mor, now in the
Uffizi Gallery
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, and one of his (presumed) wife, now in the
Prado
The Prado Museum ( ; ), officially known as Museo Nacional del Prado, is the main Spanish national art museum, located in central Madrid. It is widely considered to house one of the world's finest collections of European art, dating from the ...
(see image gallery below).
The Spanish Court
It seems likely that Mor accompanied King Philip on his return to Spain in 1559. That Mor stayed at the Spanish court is confirmed by the letters which Philip regularly sent to Mor after he had left again in 1561. In his letters, Philip requested Mor's return to court several times, but the painter never complied with his repeated requests. Among the works which Mor supposedly painted in Spain are the Portrait of Juana of Austria and the Portrait of Don Carlos. A much-praised work from this period is the Portrait of Pejerón, the fool of the Earl of Benavente and the Duke of Alba. There has been extensive speculation about the reason for Mor's departure from the Spanish court. According to
Carel van Mander
Karel van Mander (I) or Carel van Mander I (May 1548 – 2 September 1606) was a Flemish painter, poet, art historian and art theoretician, who established himself in the Dutch Republic in the latter part of his life. He is mainly remembe ...
, Mor became too confidential with the king and this aroused the suspicion of the Inquisition. He may also have been alarmed by the increasingly repressive
Counter-Reformation tenor of the Spanish court. Mor's pupil
Alonso Sánchez Coello
Alonso Sánchez Coello ( 1531 – 8 August 1588) was an Iberian portrait painter of the Spanish and Portuguese Renaissance. He is mainly known for his portrait paintings executed in a style which combines the objectivity of the Flemish tradition ...
continued to work in his master's style, and replaced him as the Spanish court painter.
Return to the Netherlands
On his return to the Netherlands, Mor probably traveled back and forth between Utrecht, Antwerp and Brussels. In this period he was in regular contact with Granvelle and also worked at the Dutch court, where he portrayed
Margaretha of Parma. After his return, Mor focused on the portrayal of citizens, especially of merchants and their wives in Antwerp. In addition to portraits like these (which included the Portrait of
Thomas Gresham
Sir Thomas Gresham the Elder (; c. 151921 November 1579), was an English merchant and financier who acted on behalf of King Edward VI (1547–1553) and Edward's half-sisters, queens Mary I (1553–1558) and Elizabeth I (1558–1603). In 1565 G ...
), he also painted artisans, such as the goldsmith
Steven van Herwijck
Steven Cornelisz. van Herwijck (Utrecht c. 1530–London 1565/67), was a Netherlandish sculptor and gem engraver famous for his portrait medallions and medals. He spent two periods of his career in England, where he died. It has recently been s ...
(1564). These works are markedly different from the paintings Mor produced for the court, showing off another side of his talent. When Granvelle returned to France and the Netherlands showed increasing social and political unrest, Mor experienced some financial hardship. His financial problems were partially solved when the Duke of Alba granted him commissions and favors. He is not known to have been in Utrecht after 24 July 1567 and from 1568 onwards Mor lived in Antwerp where, in 1572, he registered as a master with the Antwerp guild. At Antwerp he painted a ''Venus and Adonis'' for the new
Stadhuis. It is possible that he visited England once again in 1568, judging from the Portrait of a ''Nobleman with Dog'' and of the Portrait of
Sir Henry Lee
Sir Henry Lee KG (March 1533 – 12 February 1611), of Ditchley, was Queen's Champion and Master of the Armouries under Queen Elizabeth I of England.
Family
Henry Lee, born in Kent in March 1533, was the grandson of Sir Robert Lee (d.1539 ...
, which have been attributed to him. In 1559 and 1562 Mor painted two portraits of Margareta of Parma. On her way to Spain,
Anne of Austria
Anne of Austria (french: Anne d'Autriche, italic=no, es, Ana María Mauricia, italic=no; 22 September 1601 – 20 January 1666) was an infanta of Spain who became Queen of France as the wife of King Louis XIII from their marriage in 1615 un ...
spent some time in Antwerp, where she was painted by Mor in 1570. Mor's portrait of Anna is his last-known court painting, although he was still being referred to as Philip II's court painter in 1573.
Little is known about Mor's life and career after 1570. It seems likely that he lost custom, maybe as result of competition by painters such as Adriaen Thomasz. Key,
Frans Pourbus the Elder
Frans Pourbus the ElderGaëlle Brackez, ''Frans Pourbus de oudere (1545-1581) Een blik op zijn leven en oeuvre volume i: tekst'', Masterproef voorgelegd aan de Faculteit Letteren en Wijsbegeerte, Vakgroep Kunst -, Muziek- en Theaterwetenschappen ...
(1545–1581) and
Frans Floris
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(1519/20-1570). The last portrait attributed to Mor is the Portrait of Hubertus Goltzius, dated 1576. Toward the end of his life, Mor focused on
history paintings of religious and mythological subjects, but in this field of work he would never equal his earlier success as a portrait painter. He is believed to have been working on a ''Circumcision'' for the
Cathedral of Antwerp when he died in 1576.
Main works
Many of Mor's portraits were copied by others. Among those whose works have been confused with Mor's are
Alonso Sánchez Coello
Alonso Sánchez Coello ( 1531 – 8 August 1588) was an Iberian portrait painter of the Spanish and Portuguese Renaissance. He is mainly known for his portrait paintings executed in a style which combines the objectivity of the Flemish tradition ...
,
Francisco de Holanda
Francisco de Holanda (originally ''Francisco d'Olanda;'' 6 September 1517 – 19 June 1585) was a Portuguese court painter and sculptor for King John III of Portugal, and later for Sebastian of Portugal. He wrote what is regarded as the first tr ...
, and
Cristóvão de Morais Lopes. A large number of
engraving
Engraving is the practice of incising a design onto a hard, usually flat surface by cutting grooves into it with a burin. The result may be a decorated object in itself, as when silver, gold, steel, or glass are engraved, or may provide an in ...
s based on his work also circulated.
NB: Some attributions and locations may be out of date.
*''Portrait of
Philip II Philip II may refer to:
* Philip II of Macedon (382–336 BC)
* Philip II (emperor) (238–249), Roman emperor
* Philip II, Prince of Taranto (1329–1374)
* Philip II, Duke of Burgundy (1342–1404)
* Philip II, Duke of Savoy (1438-1497)
* Philip ...
'' (c. 1549-1550) -
Oil on oak, 107.5 x 83.3 cm, Bilbao Fine Arts Museum
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*''Portrait of Cardinal
Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle
Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle (20 August 151721 September 1586), Comte de La Baume Saint Amour, was a Bisontin ( Free Imperial City of Besançon) statesman, made a cardinal, who followed his father as a leading minister of the Spanish Habsb ...
'' (1549) -
Oil on panel, 107 x 82 cm, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. See image above
*''
Cardinal Granvelle's Dwarf with a Dog'' (1549–1553) -
Oil on canvas, 126 x 92 cm, Musée du Louvre
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, Paris
*''Portrait of a Man Pointing at a Table Clock'' (c. 1550) -
Oil on canvas, 100 x 80 cm, Musée du Louvre
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, Paris
*''Portrait of a Giovanni Battista di Castaldo'' (c. 1550) -
Oil on panel, 107.6 x 82.2 cm, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza
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, Madrid
*''Portrait of
John III of Portugal'' (c. 1550) -
Oil on canvas, 101 x 81 cm, Fundación Lázaro Galdiano, Madrid; see image gallery below.
*''Portrait of
Catherine of Austria'' (c. 1552) -
Oil on panel, 107 x 84 cm, Museo del Prado, Madrid, inv. 2109; see image gallery below.
*''Portrait of
João Manuel, Prince of Portugal
Dom João Manuel, Hereditary Prince of Portugal () (3 June 1537 – 2 January 1554) was a Portuguese ''infante'' (prince), the eighth son of King John III of Portugal by his wife Catherine of Austria, daughter of Philip I of Castile and Joanna of ...
'' (c. 1552) Oil on panel, 107 x 84 cm,
Hampton Court Palace.
*''Portrait of
Infanta Maria, Lady of Viseu'' (c. 1552) -
Oil on canvas, 100 x 87 cm, Convent of Las Descalzas Reales
The Convent of Las Descalzas Reales ( es, Monasterio de las Descalzas Reales) is a royal monastery situated in Madrid, Spain, administered by the Patrimonio Nacional.
History
The ''Monasterio de las Descalzas Reales'', literally the "Monaste ...
, Madrid, inv. PN822.
*''Portrait of ''
Isabel, Duchess of Guimarães'' (1552) -
Oil on panel, 55 x 50 cm, Private collection, Germany.
*''Portrait of Prince
William I of Orange
William the Silent (24 April 153310 July 1584), also known as William the Taciturn (translated from nl, Willem de Zwijger), or, more commonly in the Netherlands, William of Orange ( nl, Willem van Oranje), was the main leader of the Dutch Rev ...
/Nassau'' (c. 1554) -
Oil on panel, 105 x 81.5 cm, Staatliche Museen, Kassel; see image gallery below.
*''Portrait of a Man'' (c. 1555-1560) -
Oil on wood, 97.8 x 71.2 cm, National Gallery of Canada
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, Ottawa
*''Portrait of
Philip II of Spain in Armor'' (c. 1557) -
Oil on canvas, 186 x 82 cm, Monasterio de San Lorenzo, El Escorial
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, inv. 1653; see image gallery below.
*''Portrait of a Man in Armor'' (1558) -
Oil on canvas, 111 x 80 cm, J. Paul Getty Museum
The J. Paul Getty Museum, commonly referred to as the Getty, is an art museum in Los Angeles, California housed on two campuses: the Getty Center and Getty Villa.
The Getty Center is located in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles and fea ...
, Los Angeles
*''Portrait of a Young Man''
y an anonymous follower of Mor(1558) -
Oil on panel, 97.5 x 69.9 cm, National Gallery of Art, Washington
*''Self-portrait'' (1558) -
Oil on wood, 113 x 84 cm, Uffizi
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, Florence; see image above
*''Portrait of
Simon Renard
Simon Renard, Sieur of Bermont and Lieutenant of Aumont or Amont, (1513- 8 August 1573) was a Burgundy, Burgundian diplomat who served as an advisor to Emperor Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V and his son Philip II of Spain, who were al ...
'' (1560) -
Oil on canvas, Musée du Temps, Besançon.
*''Portrait of a Lady'' (c. 1560) -
Oil on oak, 116.8 x 86.9 cm, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
*''Portrait of
Philip de Montmorency, Count of Hoorn
Philip de Montmorency (ca. 1524 – 5 June 1568 in Brussels), also known as Count of Horn, ''Horne'', ''Hoorne'' or ''Hoorn'', was a victim of the Inquisition in the Spanish Netherlands.
Biography
De Montmorency was born as the eldest of four ch ...
'' (c. 1560) -
Oil on panel. Present location not known.
*''Portrait of Sir
Thomas Gresham
Sir Thomas Gresham the Elder (; c. 151921 November 1579), was an English merchant and financier who acted on behalf of King Edward VI (1547–1553) and Edward's half-sisters, queens Mary I (1553–1558) and Elizabeth I (1558–1603). In 1565 G ...
'' (1560–1565) -
Oil on panel, 90 x 75.5 cm, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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; see image above
*''Portrait of Lady Gresham (Anne Femely)'' (1560–1565) -
Oil on oak, 88 x 75.5 cm, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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*''Portrait of Metgen, wife of the artist'' (also known as ''Portrait of a married woman'') (c. 1560-1565)-
Oil on panel, 100 x 80 cm, Museo del Prado, Madrid, inv. 2114; see image gallery below.
*''Portrait of Spanish Nobleman'', (c. 1560) -
National Museum of Serbia
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, Belgrade, Oil on canvas 130 x 90 cm
*''Portrait of a Man'' (1560–1577) -
Oil on oak, 49.5 x 40.6 cm, National Gallery, London
*''Portrait of a Nobleman, said to be Hernán Cortés'' (date unknown) -
Lobkowicz Palace
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The palace wa ...
, Prague
*''Portrait of
Margaret, Duchess of Parma'' (c. 1562) -
oil on canvas, Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Gemäldengalerie, Berlin, inv. L310A; see image gallery below.
*''Portrait of
Jeanne Lullier'' (1563) -
Oil on canvas, Musée du Temps, Besançon.
*''Portrait of
Maria of Portugal, Princess of Parma'' (c. 1565)
[Jordan, pp. 70, 168.] -
Oil on panel, 35 x 15 cm, Museo del Prado, Madrid, inv. 2117.
*''Portrait of Sir
Henry Lee of Ditchley
Sir Henry Lee KG (March 1533 – 12 February 1611), of Ditchley, was Queen's Champion and Master of the Armouries under Queen Elizabeth I of England.
Family
Henry Lee, born in Kent in March 1533, was the grandson of Sir Robert Lee (d.1539 ...
'' (1568) -
Oil on panel, 64.1 x 53.3 cm, National Portrait Gallery, London; see image gallery below.
*''Portrait of a Gentleman'' (1569) -
Oil on canvas, 119.7 x 88.3 cm, National Gallery of Art, Washington
*''Portrait of
Hendrik Goltzius
Hendrick Goltzius, or Hendrik, (; ; January or February 1558 – 1 January 1617) was a German-born Dutch printmaker, draftsman, and painter. He was the leading Dutch engraver of the early Baroque period, or Northern Mannerism, lauded for his s ...
'' (c. 1570) -
Oil on wood, 66 x 50 cm, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels
*''Portrait of a Gentleman'' (c. 1570) -
Oil on panel, 122 x 98.5 cm, North Carolina Museum of Art
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*''Portrait of
Mary I of England'' (date unknown -
Oil on wood, 109 x 84 cm, Museo del Prado, Madrid; see image above
*''Portrait of a Lady'' -
Oil on wood panel, 107 x 72.1 cm, National Gallery of Victoria.
*''Portrait of
Margaret, Duchess of Parma'' (date unknown) -
oil on panel transferred on canvas, 97.8 x 71.7 cm, Philadelphia Museum of Art.
*''Portrait of
Jane Dormer
Jane Dormer, Duchess of Feria (6 January 1538 – 13 January 1612) was an English lady-in-waiting to Mary I who, after the Queen's death, married Gómez Suárez de Figueroa y Córdoba, 1st Duke of Feria and went to live in Spain, where she wou ...
(?)'' -
Museo del Prado, Madrid; see image above.
*Portrait of Jan Scorel (1559-1560), oil on panel. Society of Antiquaries of London, UK
Gallery
Image:D. João III, Anthonis Mor, 1552.jpg, King John III of Portugal
Image:Infanta Caterina of Spain.jpg, Catherine of Portugal
The Infanta Catarina (1436–1463); (; ) was a Portuguese ''infanta'' (princess), daughter of King Edward of Portugal and his wife Eleanor of Aragon.
Life
Catherine was born in Lisbon on 26 November 1436. Like her sisters Joan and Eleanor ...
Image:Antonio Moro - Willem I van Nassau.jpg, William of Orange
Image:King PhilipII of Spain.jpg, Philip II of Spain in armour
Image:Anthonis Mor 002.jpg, Metgen Mor, the artist's wife
Image:MargarethevonParma01.jpg, Margaret of Parma
Margaret of Parma (; 5 July 1522 – 18 January 1586) was Governor of the Netherlands from 1559 to 1567 and from 1578 to 1582. She was the illegitimate daughter of the then 22-year-old Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and Johanna Maria van der Gh ...
Image:Anthonis Mor 024.jpg, Henry Lee of Ditchley
Sir Henry Lee KG (March 1533 – 12 February 1611), of Ditchley, was Queen's Champion and Master of the Armouries under Queen Elizabeth I of England.
Family
Henry Lee, born in Kent in March 1533, was the grandson of Sir Robert Lee (d.1539 ...
See also
*
Artists of the Tudor court
References and sources
References
Sources
* Annemarie Jordan, ''Retrato de Corte em Portugal. O Legado de António Moro (1552-1572'', (Lisbon: Quetzal Editores, 1994)
Annemarie Jordan, ''La Reina María de Inglaterra'', segunda mujer de Felipe II, Antonio Moro, Museo del Prado, Enciclopedia OnlineAnnemarie Jordan, ''Antonio Moro. Anton van Dashort Mor'', Museo del Prado, Enciclopedia Online* Georges Marlier, ''Anthonis Mor van Dashorst (Antonio Moro)'', Académie royale de Belgique, Classe des beaux-arts, Mémoires (Brussels: M. Hayez, 1934).
*
Trevor-Roper, Hugh
Hugh Redwald Trevor-Roper, Baron Dacre of Glanton (15 January 1914 – 26 January 2003) was an English historian. He was Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Oxford.
Trevor-Roper was a polemicist and essayist on a range of ...
; ''Princes and Artists, Patronage and Ideology at Four Habsburg Courts 1517-1633'', Thames & Hudson, London, 1976,
*
Joanna Woodall, ''Anthonis Mor; Art and Authority'' (Zwolle: Waanders Publishers, 2008).
* Marieke van Wamel ''Pictor regis. Anthonis Mor van Dashorst and his position as painter at the Habsburg court.'', Thesis BA University of Amsterdam, June 200
Pictor regis - Van Wamel* Marieke van Wamel ''Plumas y pinceles / Pennen en pinceelen. The portraits by Anthonis Mor van Dashorst and the treatises by Francisco de Holanda and Felipe de Guevara; a study into the mutual influences and the exchange of ideas on sixteenth century painting and portraiture''. University of Amsterdam, thesis Researchmaster June 2011
External links
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Portrait by Antonis Mor at National Gallery, LondonPortrait of a man in armour at the Paul Getty Museum
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mor, Antonis
1520s births
1570s deaths
Artists from Utrecht
Dutch portrait painters
Painters from Antwerp
Dutch Renaissance painters
Painters at the Portuguese royal court