Sunday 18 February 2018

Tom Durie


Portrait of Tom Durie (or Derry). Tom Durie was the ‘fool’ employed by
Queen Anne of Denmark, the wife of King James VI and I.
by Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger, 1614 - Oil on panel
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2 comments:

  1. Anonymous11 January 2019 at 16:27

    There is another portrait: David Murray, 1st Viscount of Stormont
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Murray,_1st_Viscount_of_Stormont
    The same dress and similar faces. Maybe the queen called him Tom Derry or Durie as a joke?

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