Leonard Fryer or Frier (died 1605) was an English artist who served the royal court, primarily as a decorative painter.
[4] As De Critz was shortly afterwards in sole possession of the office, and obtained several contracts from the royal works, it is probable that Fryer had become inactive through illness and died soon after.
"Rance" or "raunce" was a reddish variety of Tournai marble prized by monumental masons, but the paintwork could also be white and black.
The canopy was constructed by William Portington, and Fryer painted the posts "ashcolour" and "jasper-like raunce in water colour".
[8] In the first year of the reign of James VI and I, Fryer painted the ceiling of the old Banqueting House at Whitehall Palace with 537 square yards of "work called clouds".
[9] Fryer's will mentions an outstanding debt for painting at the coronation of King James and Anne of Denmark in July 1603 and their subsequent Royal Entry to London in March 1604.