About this artwork
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artist:George Jamesone (1589/90 - 1644) Scottish
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title:Sir John Hope, Lord Craighall, c 1605 - 1654. Judge
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date created:Unknown
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:74.20 x 61.70 cm; Framed: 82.55 x 69.85 x 5.39 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Long loan in
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accession number:PGL 94
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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...
