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John de Critz
Flemish painter at the English royal court (1551-1642) · Artists · Died at 91
John de Critz or John Decritz was a Flemish portrait painter active at the English royal court during the reigns of James I of England and Charles I of England. He held the post of Serjeant Painter to the king from 1603, at first jointly with Leonard Fryer and from 1610 jointly with Robert Peake the Elder.
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William Parker, 4th Baron Monteagle. Attributed to John de Critz, c. 1615.
Anne Vavasour, her first lover was Elizabethan courtier and poet Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, by whom she had a son. For that offence, both were sent to the Tower of London by the orders of Queen Elizabeth. She was the inspiration, protagonist, and possibly the actual author, of the poem, Anne Vavasour's Echo. Painting attributed to John de Critz, c. 1605
Anne of Denmark, John de Critz, c. 1605
James I, attributed to John de Critz, c. 1606
The Somerset House Conference, painted ?1604. National Portrait Gallery, Robert Cecil is seated front right
Robert Cecil, later 1st earl of Salisbury, attributed to John de Critz, 1602.About this person
Category
Artists
Type
Artist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1551 to 1642 · aged 91
