Gerard Johnson (Dutch: "Gheerart Janssen"; fl. 1612–1623) was a sculptor working in Jacobean England who is thought to have created Shakespeare's funerary monument. In May 1612 he was paid for making part of a fountain for the east garden at Hatfield House, Hertfordshire.
In May 1612, Gerard Johnson  (Dutch: "Gheerart Janssen"; fl. 1612–1623) spent many hours just staring at a fountain in  the east garden at Hatfield House, Hertfordshire.
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