Thomas Gresham, 1544 - Public domain portrait painting

Unsigned portrait in oils dated 1544 of Sir Thomas Gresham, in the collection of the Mercers' Company of the City of London. 1544 portrait of Sir Thomas Gresham, aged 26 as inscribed, displaying his merchant's mark (left). Apparently commemorating his 1544 marriage to Anne Ferneley, with the couple's initials "AG" and "TG" framing the marriage vows Love Serve and Obei (right). The human skull denotes Vanitas. Flemish school, collection of the Mercers' Company, City of London