Balthazar Gerbier
Anglo-Dutch courtier, diplomat (1592-1663) · Netherlands · On the map · Politicians · Died at 71
Sir Balthazar Gerbier 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, contriving of scenes, masques, shows and entertainments for...
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Balthasar Gerbier in Het Gulden Cabinet, p 249
Charles, Prince of Wales, 1616, Sir Balthazar Gerbier V&A Museum no. 621-1882
Portrait of a gentleman, by Gerbier
The Italianate York Water Gate survives in Embankment Gardens
Deborah Kip, wife of Balthasar Gerbier, and her children (Peter Paul Rubens, 1629-1630)Awards
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Sir Balthazar Gerbier 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, contriving of scenes, masques, shows and entertainments for great Princes... as likewise for making of engines useful in war."
