George Gower

1540–1596 · Kingdom of England

George Gower (c. 1540–1596) was an English portrait painter who became Serjeant Painter to Queen Elizabeth I in 1581. Wikipedia

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Works

“Plimpton Sieve Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I”, 1579 — Folger Shakespeare Library
“Elizabeth Knollys, Lady Leighton (b.1549)”, 1577 — National Trust
“Portrait of Frances, Lady Brydges”, 1579 — Yale Center for British Art
“Richard Drake, 1535-1603”, 1577 — Royal Museums Greenwich
“Queen Elizabeth I”, 1567
“Thomas Whythorne”, 1569 — Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
“The Ermine Portrait of Elizabeth I”, 1585 — Hatfield House
“Frances Sidney, Countess of Sussex”, 1572 — Sidney Sussex College
“Elizabeth I”, 1570 — Denver Art Museum
“William Arundell (1561–1592)”, 1580 — Philip Mould & Company
“Lady Frances Sidney (1531–1589), Countess of Sussex, Foundress of Sidney Sussex College”, 1575 — Sidney Sussex College
“Sir Thomas Cornwallis (1519–1604)” — Audley End House
“Mary Cornwallis”, 1580–1585 — Manchester Art Gallery
“Portrait of Mary Denton”, 1573 — York Art Gallery
“Lady Philippa Coningsby”, 1578
“Portrait of a lady”, 1590 — Art Gallery of South Australia
“Porträt des Philip Howard, 20th Earl of Arundel”, 1575 — Arundel Castle
“Sir Edward Monins of Waldershare”, 1575
“Sir Thomas Fane (C.1538 – 1589) of Badsell and Mereworth Castle, Kent”, 1576 — Weiss Gallery
“Lettice Knollys”, 1585 — Longleat