Steven van der Meulen, active about (1543-1564)
• Was a Flemish artist.
• His father was Rinnold van der Meulen.
• He was probably born in Antwerp, where he studied under Willem van Cleve the Younger.
• Meulen was admitted to the Guild of St Luke in 1552.
• He was working at the Tudor court of Elizabeth I.
• 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.
• He died in London between October 1563 and January 1564.
• His wife Gertrude Stubbeleeren and children Rinnold and Eric were resident in London with him at the time of his death.
Steven van der Meulen, John Farnham, Gentleman-Pensioner to Elizabeth I., 1563
Original, Worcester Art Museum, MA. Visited in 2020.
Steven van der Meulen, John Farnham, Gentleman-Pensioner to Elizabeth I., 1563
Steven van der Meulen, John Farnham, Gentleman-Pensioner to Elizabeth I., 1563
Attributed to Steven Cornelisz. van Herwijck, or Attributed to Steven van der Meulen, Portrait of Elizabeth I, c. 1653
Original, Tate Britain, London. Visited in 2018. 
Attributed to Steven Cornelisz. van Herwijck, or Attributed to Steven van der Meulen, Portrait of Elizabeth I, c. 1653
Attributed to Steven Cornelisz. van Herwijck, or Attributed to Steven van der Meulen, Portrait of Elizabeth I, c. 1653
