Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder, ca. (1520-ca. 1590)

• Was a Flemish painter, draughtsman, print designer and etcher.
• He was active in his native Flanders and in England.
• He practised in many genres, including portraits, religious paintings, landscapes and architectural themes.
• He designed heraldic designs and decorations for tombs.
• He is known for his creation of a print depicting a map of his native town Bruges and the illustrations for a Dutch-language publication recounting stories from Aesop's Fables.
• His son Marcus the Younger became a prominent court painter at the English court.
• Marcus Gheeraerts had various pupils during his career.
• In 1563, 13-year-old Melchior d'Assoneville became an apprentice of Gheeraerts in Bruges.
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