The portrait-painter Cornelius Jonson van Ceulen (1593-1661) was born into a Netherlandish migrant family in London. Working there successfully from 1619 onwards, he was appointed ‘picture-drawer’ to king Charles I and queen Henrietta Maria in 1632. After civil war broke out in Britain, Jonson and his family left for Middelburg in 1643. He subsequently also worked in Amsterdam and The Hague, before settling permanently in Utrecht, where he became a leading portraitist until his death. Jonson’s extant works are all portraits, and he painted on every scale, from miniatures to full-lengths and some large group images.
Karen Hearn FSA was previously the Curator of Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century British Art at Tate Britain, London, and is now an Honorary Professor at University College London. She writes, teaches and broadcasts on art made in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Britain, particularly by Netherlandish artists who worked there. In 2015 she curated Cornelius Johnson: Charles I’s Forgotten Painter at the National Portrait Gallery in London; and she has since published papers on various aspects of Jonson’s career.
The portrait-painter Cornelius Jonson van Ceulen (1593-1661) was born into a Netherlandish migrant family in London. Working there successfully from 1619 onwards, he was appointed ‘picture-drawer’ to king Charles I and queen Henrietta Maria in 1632. After civil war broke out in Britain, Jonson and his family left for Middelburg in 1643. He subsequently also worked in Amsterdam and The Hague, before settling permanently in Utrecht, where he became a leading portraitist until his death. Jonson’s extant works are all portraits, and he painted on every scale, from miniatures to full-lengths and some large group images.
Karen Hearn FSA was previously the Curator of Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century British Art at Tate Britain, London, and is now an Honorary Professor at University College London. She writes, teaches and broadcasts on art made in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Britain, particularly by Netherlandish artists who worked there. In 2015 she curated Cornelius Johnson: Charles I’s Forgotten Painter at the National Portrait Gallery in London; and she has since published papers on various aspects of Jonson’s career.
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