About this artwork
-
artist:Cornelius Johnson (1593 - 1661) English
-
title:Unidentified gentleman
-
date created:About 1630
-
materials:Oil on copper in gold frame
-
measurements:Height: 5.10 cm
-
object type:
-
credit line:Private Collection on long term loan to the National Galleries of Scotland,1999
-
accession number:PGL 455
-
gallery:
Does this text contain inaccurate information or language that you feel we should improve or change? Tell us what you think.
Cornelius Johnson
Cornelius Johnson
Johnson was born in London, to German/Flemish migrant parents. His early life is undocumented with the first reference, after his baptism in 1593, to his arrival in London in 1619 from Amsterdam. The quality and style of his work suggests he was at least partly trained in the Netherlands. By the...