About this artwork
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artist:John Alexander (1686 - about 1766) Scottish
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title:John Alexander, 1686 - 1766. Artist (Self-portrait)
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date created:Dated 1711
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materials:Oil on copper
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measurements:7.20 x 5.70 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Purchased 1960
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accession number:PG 1970
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
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John Alexander
John Alexander
John Alexander, son of an Aberdeen doctor, was the great-grandson of George Jamesone, the most famous Scottish painter of the seventeenth century. After some time in London, Alexander travelled to Italy in 1711 where he studied under Giuseppe Chiari and received commissions from the Stuart court...
