{"title":"Gerlach Flicke","description":"\u003cp\u003eDiscover our hand framed Gerlach Flicke art prints and posters. All prints are lovingly framed to order by our experts right here in the UK workshop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGerlach Flicke was a well known German portrait painter, active from 1545 to 1558. He made a name for himself in London as a Tudor court artist. Flicke was born in Osnabrück, Germany, but first emerged as a portrait painter in England. Around 1545, Flicke moved to London, positioning himself as the successor to Hans Holbein, who had passed away in 1543. He often signed his works with a Latinised name and added \"Germanus\" to highlight his German education. Among his notable works were portraits of Mary I.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFlicke's work includes a self-portrait in oils, painted in London while he was imprisoned. This piece holds the distinction of being the earliest self-portrait in oils made in England. His incarceration in 1554 has no known cause, but he befriended Henry Strangwish, a privateer also incarcerated for piracy, during this time. His imprisonment may have been due to the ongoing Protestant persecution under Mary I of England from 1553.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnother notable piece by Flicke, likely created around 1551, was a full-length portrait of Lord Darcy. The last known sighting of this painting was in 1848 at Irnham Hall in Lincolnshire, and it hasn't been seen since. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFlicke's life came to an end in the London parish of St Giles-without-Cripplegate on 24 January 1558. He bequeathed his belongings to an Osnabrück servant, suggesting that he considered it his hometown.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/1475\/6089\/collections\/gerlach-flicke.jpg?v=1687527371","url":"https:\/\/www.posters.co.uk\/collections\/gerlach-flicke-prints.oembed","provider":"Posters.co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}