George Jamesone
Portrait of a Man, called Robert, Mester Erskine, probably Colonel Alexander Erskine of Cambuskenneth (died 1640)
About this artwork
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artist:George Jamesone (1589/90 - 1644) Scottish
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title:Portrait of a Man, called Robert, Mester Erskine, probably Colonel Alexander Erskine of Cambuskenneth (died 1640)
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date created:1627
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:230.00 x 150.00 cm; Framed: 260.00 x 180.00 x 10.00 cm
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credit line:Purchased 1942
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accession number:NG 1973
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George Jamesone
George Jamesone
Born in Aberdeen, the portrait painter George Jamesone was the son of a master-mason. He was apprenticed to the decorative painter, John Anderson of Edinburgh, in 1612. His earliest patrons were the merchants and academics of Aberdeen, but he soon became the painter to the nobility of the north...
