Portrait of an Officer
1645 · Oil paint on canvas
support: 1022 x 762 mm
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William Dobson
?–1646
WA-00020040
London
PaintingContemporary
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Works in Collection
14
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6
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- BiographyWikidata· 70%
- Birth yearWikidata· 70%
- Death yearWikidata· 70%
- NationalityWikidata· 70%
- Primary mediumWikidata· 70%
- Profile imageWikidata· 70%
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- WikidataTier 1 · Institutional40%
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Why this artist matters now
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.
Source: Wikidata · Trust score: 40% · Updated 2mo ago
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3 published of 3 catalogued · 3 with image
- Tate3 published3 img
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3 entries · 1 sources
- 1642 · Tate · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
- 1645 · Tate · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
- 1635 · Tate · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
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