Gheeraert's birdseye view of Brugges, Flanders in 1562

Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder (c.1516–bf.1604) was a Flemish engraver, illustrator, and painter most often associated with the English Royal Court of the mid-16th Century, and is more commonly remembered as the illustrator of the 1567 edition of Aesop's Fables. Sometimes referred to as the Venice of the North, Bruges has many waterways that run through the city. ... This article is about the Belgian region Flanders and the eponymous historical region of the Low Countries. ... Events Earliest English slave-trading expedition under John Hawkins. ... Flemish (in Dutch, Vlaams) can either refer to Anything belonging to Flanders (the Flemish nation) or to its inhabitants, the Flemings. ... Engraving is the practice of incising a design onto a hard, flat surface, by cutting grooves into it. ... An illustrator is a graphic artist who specializes in enhancing written text by providing a visual representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text. ... A painter is a person who paints woodwork, walls, etc. ... Look up English in Wiktionary, the free dictionary As an adjective, English refers to anything from or pertaining to England. ... Royal court (as distinguished from a court of law) may refer to a number of institutions: A noble court - the household or entourage of a monarch or other ruler The Royal Court of Jersey - the main court of justice of Jersey The Royal Court of Guernsey - the main court of... (15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ... Events The Duke of Alva arrives in the Netherlands with Spanish forces to suppress unrest there. ... Aesops Fables or Aesopica refers to a collection of fables credited to Aesop (circa 620 BC – 560 BC), a slave and story-teller living in Ancient Greece. ...

Born in Brugges, Flanders, Gheeraerts fled to England in 1568 with his son Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger (1562–1635) due to the Alvan religious persecutions. There he married his second wife: Sussanah de Critz, a close relative of Queen Elizabeth I's sargeant-painter, John de Critz; and apparently stayed in London just long enough to have his eldest son enrolled in the Guild there, since he returned to Flanders in about 1577 to continue on with his career. One of his daughters, Sarah, married the famous limner by the name of Isaac Oliver. Sometimes referred to as the Venice of the North, Bruges has many waterways that run through the city. ... This article is about the Belgian region Flanders and the eponymous historical region of the Low Countries. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: England Inter. ... Events March 23 - Peace of Longjumeau ends the Second War of Religion in France. ... Elizabeth I Queen of England and Ireland Queen of France, nominal title Elizabeth I (September 7, 1533–March 24, 1603) was Queen of England and Queen of Ireland from November 17, 1558 until her death. ... Part of the London skyline viewed from the South Bank London is the most populous city in the European Union, with an estimated population on 1 January 2005 of 7,421,328 and a metropolitan area population of between 12 and 14 million. ... Events March 17 - formation of the Cathay Company to send Martin Frobisher back to the New World for more gold May 28 - Publication of the Bergen Book, better known as the Solid Declaration of the Formula of Concord, one of the Lutheran confessional writings. ... Isaac Oliver c. ...

There are no indentifiable color portraits or paintings done by Gheeraerts as he did never sign them, and the ones that do exist are completely identifiable upon stylistic considerations – a certain "fuzziness" with an aire to immitate former Flemish artists such as Jan Van Eyck. The Arnolfini Portrait, painted 1434 Jan van Eyck (c. ...

He is most noteworthy as an illustrator and engraver, and for his inovations of new media. He also worked well with those who would subsequently use his sketches and drawings for engravings, as his preliminary and final sketches were and are commonly copied or used as rough drafts by these groups of artisans. An artisan is a skilled manual worker. ...

His subject matter varied from assignment to assignment, but he is well noted for his illustrations of animals and his birdseye view of the town of Brugges, which still preserves the original copper plate that the illustration was done on to this day.