Cornelius Johnson (1593-1661), Portrait painter
Sitter associated with 2 portraits
Artist associated with 133 portraits
Cornelius Johnson was a Dutch portrait painter, born to Dutch parents in London. He was active in England, at least from 1618 to 1643.Throughout the 1620s Johnson produced numerous portraits of gentry, professional, and court sitters, including Charles II, James II and Mary, Princess of Orange. In 1643, the civil wars prompted him to leave England. He moved to Middelburg in the Netherlands and between 1646 and 1652 he lived in Amsterdam, before settling in Utrecht.
attributed to Cornelius Johnson
oil on panel, feigned oval, 1620
NPG 5056
Unknown man, formerly known as Richard Weston, 1st Earl of Portland
by Cornelius Johnson
oil on panel, 1627
NPG 1344
after Cornelius Johnson
oil on canvas, (1628)
On display at Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NPG 2192
after Cornelius Johnson
oil on canvas, (1628?)
NPG 962
Sir Robert Bruce Cotton, 1st Bt
after Cornelius Johnson
oil on canvas, (1629)
On display at Lyme Park, Stockport
NPG 534
Thomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry
after Cornelius Johnson
oil on canvas, (circa 1634)
NPG 716
Unknown man, formerly known as Cornelius Johnson
by Cornelius Johnson
oil on canvas, 1636
NPG 1887
Thomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry
by Cornelius Johnson
oil on canvas, 1639
On display in Room 5 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 4815
by Cornelius Johnson
oil on panel, 1639
NPG 5105
by Cornelius Johnson
oil on canvas, circa 1640
On display in Room 5 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 4759
by Cornelius Johnson
oil on canvas, 1643
NPG 5819
after Cornelius Johnson
oil on canvas, (1657)
NPG 272
Spencer Compton, 2nd Earl of Northampton
copy by Henry Peart the Elder, after Cornelius Johnson, and Sir Anthony Van Dyck
oil on canvas, 1680s or 1690s
On display at Gawthorpe Hall
NPG 1521
after Cornelius Johnson, published by Peter Stent
line engraving, early to mid 17th century
NPG D27973
George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham
after Cornelius Johnson
line engraving, early 17th century
NPG D16667
by Simon de Passe, after Cornelius Johnson
line engraving, circa 1613-1622
NPG D33168
by and published by Simon de Passe, after Cornelius Johnson
line engraving, circa 1613-1622
NPG D33169
by Simon de Passe, after Cornelius Johnson
engraving, circa 1613
NPG D1313
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