Portrait of the Artist’s Wife

William DobsonWW-1635-222635

1635·Oil paint on canvas·support: 610 x 457 mm frame: 812 x 664 x 95 mm

Catalogue

Year: 1635
Medium: Oil paint on canvas
Dimensions: support: 610 x 457 mm frame: 812 x 664 x 95 mm
Collection: Tate
Artist: William Dobson

Artist

William Dobson

Painting

William Dobson was an English painter who specialised in portrait painting. One of the first significant English painters, he was praised by his contemporary John Aubrey as "the most excellent painter that England has yet bred". The art critic Waldemar Januszczak describes him as the first British born painter of genius.

London

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