| GOYA | Francisco ---, a court painter to the Spanish Crown (4) |
| LELY | Principal court painter to Charles II who created the Windsor Beauties (4) |
| DYCK | Flemish artist who was court painter to Charles I of England from 1632-41 (4) |
| ISABEY | Jean, French portrait painter and miniaturist who was a court painter to Napoleon (6) |
| ASTURIAS | Prince of ___, title of the heir to the Spanish crown (8) |
| LEBRUN | Court painter to Louis XIV who decorated the Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles (2,4) |
| ENAMEL | Title accepted by the Spanish Crown Protector |
| VELCRO | Material against the Spanish crown twice abridged |
| KNELLER | Godfrey - - -, leading portraitist of the late 17th and early 18th Centuries, court painter to monarchs from Charles II to George I (7) |
| WILKIE | David, Scottish genre and portrait painter and court painter to William IV (6) |
| HOLBEIN | Hans ___ the Younger (court painter to Henry VIII) |
| HANSHOLBEIN | German artist who was court painter to Henry VIII of England (4,7) |
| ARTISTE | A performer who takes a painter to the East (7) |
| GERARD | Trained at the studio of Jacques- Louis David, portraitist and court painter to Napoleon I and later Louis XVIII and Charles X (6) |
| GENTILESCHI | Orazio, Court Painter to Charles I of England whose works include The Flight into Egypt (11) |
| TENIERS | Noted for his Brouwer-like depictions of peasants in taverns, court painter to Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, who was also the custodian of said archduke's art gallery (7) |
| VANDYCK | Sir Anthony ___, Flemish artist who was court painter to Charles I of England |
| SERAGLIO | The odd one ogles, introducing painter to the harem (8) |
| ANTHONYVAN | Flemish artist who was court painter to Charles I of England from 1632-41 (7,3) |
| HERRERA | Francisco, Seville-born artist appointed Painter to the King, Charles II, in 1672 (7) |