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| Keywords: double portraits; self-portraits; writing doubleportraitsselfportraitswriting london, st martin's place, wc2 0he londonstmartinsplacewc20he united kingdom unitedkingdom tudors people by Gerlach Flicke,painting,1554 NPG says: This small painting depicts the German artist Gerlach Flicke (1545-1558) when resident in London, with his friend the English gentleman-privateer Henry Strangwish (died 1562). This highly unusual double portrait was painted when both men were in prison - probably the Tower of London - Strangwish for piracy and Flicke for an unknown crime. It is the earliest surviving self-portrait in oils produced in England. We don't know when Flicke came to England but he was certainly in London by 1546 and died here in 1558. Flicke also painted a large-scale portrait of Archbishop Cranmer, also in the National Portrait Gallery. Little is known about Flicke other than that he came from Osnabrück in Germany and that by 1545-6 he was working as a portrait painter in England. Henry Strangwish was a gentleman pirate from the West Country. This painting was produced when both men were in prison, probably the Tower of London. Strangwish was imprisoned for his piracy, but the nature of Flicke's crime is not known. The English inscription above Strangwish, shown holding a lute, reads: 'Strangwish, thus strangely depicted is One prisoner, for thother, hath done this/ Gerlin, hath garnisht, for his delight This woorck whiche you se, before youre sight'. The Latin inscription above Flicke, who is shown holding his palette, can be translated: 'Such was the face of Gerlach Flicke when he was a painter in the City of London. This he himself painted from a looking-glass for his dear friends. That they might have something by which to remember him after his death.' This is the earliest known oil self-portrait produced in England. by Gerlach Flicke,painting,1554 NPG says: This small painting depicts the German artist Gerlach Flicke (1545-1558) when resident in London, with his friend the English gentleman-privateer Henry Strangwish (died 1562). This highly unusual double portrait was painted when both men were in prison - probably the Tower of London - Strangwish for piracy and Flicke for an unknown crime. It is the earliest surviving self-portrait in oils produced in England. We don't know when Flicke came to England but he was certainly in London by 1546 and died here in 1558. Flicke also painted a large-scale portrait of Archbishop Cranmer, also in the National Portrait Gallery. Little is known about Flicke other than that he came from Osnabrück in Germany and that by 1545-6 he was working as a portrait painter in England. Henry Strangwish was a gentleman pirate from the West Country. This painting was produced when both men were in prison, probably the Tower of London. Strangwish was imprisoned for his piracy, but the nature of Flicke's crime is not known. The English inscription above Strangwish, shown holding a lute, reads: 'Strangwish, thus strangely depicted is One prisoner, for thother, hath done this/ Gerlin, hath garnisht, for his delight This woorck whiche you se, before youre sight'. The Latin inscription above Flicke, who is shown holding his palette, can be translated: 'Such was the face of Gerlach Flicke when he was a painter in the City of London. This he himself painted from a looking-glass for his dear friends. That they might have something by which to remember him after his death.' This is the earliest known oil self-portrait produced in England. | ||||
