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Gaspar de Crayer 1584-1669 is in Painters.
In 1607 Gaspar de Crayer (age 22) became a master in the Brussels Guild of Saint Luke. He was a dean of the Guild from 1611 to 1616 and was a member of the Brussels city council in 1626–1627.
Between 1627 and 1628. Gaspar de Crayer (age 42). Equestrian portrait of Diego Felipez de Guzmán 1st Marquess of Leganés (age 47).
Diego Felipez de Guzmán 1st Marquess of Leganés: In 1580 he was born to Diego Velázquez Dávila y Bracamonte Marquess of Loriana and Leonor de Guzmán. In 1655 he died.
Between 1627 and 1628. Gaspar de Crayer (age 42). Portrait of Ferdinand Habsburg Spain (age 17).
Ferdinand Habsburg Spain: On 16th May 1609 he was born to Philip III King Spain and Margaret of Austria Queen Consort Spain. Coefficient of inbreeding 10.92%. John Evelyn's Diary. 22nd September 1641. I went again to Rotterdam to receive a pass which I expected from Brussels and Flanders, designing to go into England through those countries. The Cardinal Infante, brother to the king of Spain, was then governor. By this pass, having obtained another from the Prince of Orange, upon the 24th of September I departed through Dort; but met with very bad tempestuous weather, being several times driven back, and obliged to lie at anchor off Keele, other vessels lying there waiting better weather. The 25th and 26th we made other essays; but were again repulsed to the harbour, where lay sixty vessels waiting to sail. But, on the 27th we, impatient of the time and inhospitableness of the place, sailed again with a contrary and impetuous wind and a terrible sea, in great jeopardy; for we had much ado to keep ourselves above water, the billows breaking desperately on our vessel: we were driven into Willemstad, North Brabant, a place garrisoned by the English, where the Governor of had a fair house. The works, and especially the counterscarp, are curiously hedged with quick, and planted with a stately row of limes on the rampart. The church is of a round structure, with a cupola, and the town belongs entirely to the Prince of Orange, as does that of Breda [Map], and some other places. John Evelyn's Diary. 8th October 1641. There was no Court now in the palace, the Infante Cardinal, who was the Governor of Flanders, being dead but newly, and every one in deep mourning. On 9th November 1641 Ferdinand Habsburg Spain died.
Around 1628. Gaspar de Crayer (age 43). Portrait of Philip IV King Spain (age 22) in armour.
Around 1640 Gaspar de Crayer (age 55) worked as a court painter for Leopold Wilhelm Habsburg Spain (age 26).
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
Before 1641 Anthony Van Dyck (age 41). Portrait of Gaspar de Crayer (age 56).
1645. Gaspar de Crayer (age 60). "Caritas Romana". The scene depicted in the painting is set in Cimon's cell. Cimon, who occupies the center of the painting, is sitting with his hands tied and bound to the wall behind him, suckling at his daughter's breast. Pero is standing over her father, with her arm around his shoulder and her hand gently posed on his back.
Around 1645. Gaspar de Crayer (age 60). "Rinaldo and Armida".
in 1647 Gaspar de Crayer (age 62) received a commission from Dutch architect Jacob van Campen to assist in the decoration of Huis ten Bosch, the palace of stadtholder Frederick Henry in The Hague.
On 27th January 1669 Gaspar de Crayer (age 84) died.