Around 1520 Gerlach Flicke was born in Osnabrück.
In 1544 Gerlach Flicke [aged 24]. Self-Portrait with his friend Henry Strangwish. The earliest known self-portrait in oils painted in England. The Latin inscription may be translated Such was the face of Gerlach Flicke when he was a painter in the City of London. This, he himself painted from a looking glass for his dear friends. So that they might have something to remember him after his death.
In 1544 Gerlach Flicke [aged 24]. Portrait of Archbishop Thomas Cranmer [aged 54].
Before 1558 Gerlach Flicke [aged 37]. Portrait of Peter Carew [aged 44].
In 1558 Gerlach Flicke [aged 38] died.