John Vanderbank

John Vanderbank
Self Portrait (c. 1720)
Born9 September 1694
Died23 December 1739(1739-12-23) (aged 45)
NationalityEnglish
EducationJonathan Richardson,
Sir Godfrey Kneller,
Known forA leading portrait painter of England

John Vanderbank (9 September 1694 – 23 December 1739) was an English painter who enjoyed a high reputation during the last decade of King George I's reign and remained in high fashion in the first decade of King George II's reign.[1] George Vertue's opinion was that only intemperance and extravagance prevented Vanderbank from being the greatest portraitist of his generation, his lifestyle bringing him into repeated financial difficulties and leading to an early death at the age of only 45.[2]

  1. ^ Waterhouse, Ellis. Painting in Britain 1530–1790 (Penguin Books, 1957).
  2. ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1899). "Vanderbank, John" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 58. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 100.

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