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William DobsonWW-1642-205501

1642·Oil paint on canvas·support: 1499 x 1270 mm frame: 1772 x 1545 x 150 mm

Catalogue

Year: 1642
Medium: Oil paint on canvas
Dimensions: support: 1499 x 1270 mm frame: 1772 x 1545 x 150 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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