William Dobson

1610–1646 · Kingdom of England

William Dobson (4 March 1611 (baptised); 28 October 1646 (buried)) 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". Wikipedia

42 works in the quiz. Play a round on William Dobson — not whether it is theirs, but which one.

Works

“Endymion Porter Around”, 1642 — Tate
“Portrait of the artist with Nicholas Lanier and Sir Charles Cotterell”, 1645–1646 — Alnwick Castle
“Prince Rupert, Colonel William Legge and Colonel John Russell”
“Portrait of the Artist’s Wife”, 1637 — Tate
“Portrait of an Officer”, 1645 — National Gallery
“Portrait of Abraham van der Doort”, 1640 — Hermitage Museum
“John Thurloe (1616–1668), Secretary of State” — Chequers
“John Byron (d.1652), 1st Lord Byron” — Tabley House
“Richard Lovelace”, 1645 — Dulwich Picture Gallery
“Inigo Jones, 1573-1652”, 1642 — Royal Museums Greenwich
“Portrait of a Royalist”, 1643 — Royal Museums Greenwich
“Prince Rupert (1619-1682), Colonel William Murray and Colonel, The Hon. John Russell (1620-1681)”, 1640 — Ashdown House
“Portrait of a Nobleman”, 1641 — John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
“Portrait of a Woman”, 1645 — Birmingham Museums Trust
“Dr Robert South (1634–1716)”, 1644 — University of Oxford
“Charles I (1600-1649)”, 1644 — Royal Collection
“Charles II (1630-85), when Prince of Wales”, 1644 — Royal Collection
“James II (1633-1701), when Duke of York”, 1644 — Royal Collection
“Probably Sir Thomas Aylesbury, Bt”, 1642 — National Portrait Gallery
“Sir Edward Dering (1598–1644), 1st Bt” — Royal Welsh Museum
“Inigo Jones (1573–1652)”, 1644 — Chiswick House
“Portrait of a Musician”, 1644 — Ferens Art Gallery
“Richard, Lord Vaughan (1600–1686), 2nd Earl of Carbery”, 1640–1645 — Carmarthenshire Museum
“Richard Neville”, 1643 — National Portrait Gallery
“Probably Nicholas Oudart”, 1645 — National Portrait Gallery
“Sir Edward Nicholas”, 1645 — National Portrait Gallery
“Rachel Wriothesley (1636–1723)”, 1647 — Carmarthenshire Museum
“Portrait of an Old and a Younger Man (John Taylor and John Denham)”, 1643 — Courtauld Gallery
“Sir Richard Fanshawe (1608–1666), 1st Bt”, 1644 — Valence House Museum
“Portrait of Henry Stone with his son.” — Wawel Castle
“Portrait of Richard Vaughan, 2nd Earl of Carbery (c.1600-1686)”
“Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679)” — Royal Society of London
“Sir Simon Fanshawe (1604–1679)”, 1645 — Valence House Museum
“Colonel Berry”, 1640 — Oriel College
“Sir Edward Walker (1612–1677)”, 1645 — Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
“Prince of Wales”, 1642 — National Galleries of Scotland
“Portrait of a Family, Probably the Streatfeild Family”, 1645 — Yale Center for British Art
“Isaac Pennington (c.1584–1661), Lord Mayor of London (1642)” — Guildhall Art Gallery
“An Unknown Officer with a Page, possibly Sir Thomas Dallison (1591/2-1645), aged 50”, 1642 — Knole House
“Charles Gerard, 1st Earl of Macclesfield by William Dobson” — Dunedin Public Art Gallery