Steven van der Meulen 1563(1563)
Medium Oil on panel
Dimensions 110.5 x 83 cm (43.5 x 32.7 in)
cyf Portrait of John Farnham (b. eAntwerp - d. London, e1563-64) was a Dutch artist active c. 1543-1564. He gained prominence in England in the first decade of the reign of Elizabeth I as one of many Flemish artists active at the Tudor court. He is best known for the "Barrington Park" portrait type of Elizabeth I and for three-quarter length portraits of members of the English court in the first half of the 1560s. A recently discovered will indicates that he died in London between October 1563 and January 1564.
