Marcus eventually obtained many commissions from the English court, both for portraits and for decorative work. When he was about seven, the family moved to London. The artist, Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger (1561-1635), spent his early years in Bruges (Belgium), where his father was active as a painter and printmaker. She married Francis Layton (1577-1661), one of the Master Yeomen of the Jewel House at the Tower of London, and died in 1641. She is said to have been born in 1579, but it is more likely from her costume and appearance that she was born around 1590. Margaret Layton (formerly Laton) was the daughter of Sir Hugh Browne, a wealthy vintner and grocer. The portraits nearly always show the sitters splendidly dressed, in the height of expensive fashion, in order to emphasise their status. Important as it was to dress magnificently, it was also essential to be portrayed in one's finery.
Oil-painted portraits of noble or wealthy men and women became increasingly common in the 17th century.
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