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Cornelius Johnson, Portrait of an Unknown Gentleman and Lady at the Tate Britain in London #193588690
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This gentleman wears the crimson sash of the Order of the Bath but he has not been identified further. Like its paired portrait nearby, presumably of the sitterââ¬â¢s wife, this one bears Johnsonââ¬â¢s monogram ââ¬ËC.J.ââ¬â¢ and the date 1629. Three years later, Anthony van Dyck settled in Britain: his work was to influence Johnsonââ¬â¢s style profoundly. These two earlier portraits, however, demonstrate Johnsonââ¬â¢s characteristically intimate and pensive work, combined with the softened, rather brushy, technique of his mid-career.
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