Cornelius Johnson (Cornelius Janssen van Ceulen)
(1593-1661), Portrait painterSitter associated with 3 portraits
Artist associated with 148 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 (Cornelius Janssen van Ceulen)
oil on panel, feigned oval, 1620
NPG 5056
Unknown man, formerly known as Richard Weston, 1st Earl of Portland
by Cornelius Johnson (Cornelius Janssen van Ceulen)
oil on panel, 1627
NPG 1344
after Cornelius Johnson (Cornelius Janssen van Ceulen)
oil on canvas, 17th-19th century, based on a work of 1628
On display at Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NPG 2192
after Cornelius Johnson (Cornelius Janssen van Ceulen)
oil on canvas, 17th-19th century, based on a work of 1628
NPG 962
Sir Robert Bruce Cotton, 1st Bt
after Cornelius Johnson (Cornelius Janssen van Ceulen)
oil on canvas, 17th-19th century, based on a work of 1629
On display at Lyme Park, Stockport
NPG 534
Thomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry
after Cornelius Johnson (Cornelius Janssen van Ceulen)
oil on canvas, 17th century? based on a work of circa 1634
NPG 716
John Finch, Lord Finch of Fordwich, formerly known as Sir Nicholas Hyde
after Cornelius Johnson (Cornelius Janssen van Ceulen)
oil on canvas, after 1635
On display at Middle Temple, London
NPG 461
Unknown man, formerly known as Cornelius Johnson (Cornelius Janssen van Ceulen)
by Cornelius Johnson (Cornelius Janssen van Ceulen)
oil on canvas, 1636
NPG 1887
by Cornelius Johnson (Cornelius Janssen van Ceulen)
oil on panel, 1639
NPG 5103
Thomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry
by Cornelius Johnson (Cornelius Janssen van Ceulen)
oil on canvas, 1639
NPG 4815
by Cornelius Johnson (Cornelius Janssen van Ceulen)
oil on panel, 1639
NPG 5104
Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange
by Cornelius Johnson (Cornelius Janssen van Ceulen)
oil on panel, 1639
NPG 5105
by Cornelius Johnson (Cornelius Janssen van Ceulen)
oil on canvas, 1643
NPG 5819
after Cornelius Johnson (Cornelius Janssen van Ceulen)
oil on canvas, based on a work of 1657
NPG 272
Spencer Compton, 2nd Earl of Northampton
copy by Henry Peart the Elder, after Cornelius Johnson (Cornelius Janssen van Ceulen), and Sir Anthony van Dyck
oil on canvas, 1680s or 1690s
On display at Gawthorpe Hall, Burnley
NPG 1521
George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham
after Cornelius Johnson (Cornelius Janssen van Ceulen)
line engraving, early 17th century
NPG D16667
by Simon de Passe, after Cornelius Johnson (Cornelius Janssen van Ceulen)
engraving, circa 1613
NPG D1313
by Simon de Passe, after Cornelius Johnson (Cornelius Janssen van Ceulen)
engraving, circa 1613
NPG D8406
after Cornelius Johnson (Cornelius Janssen van Ceulen)
colour halftone, (1618)
NPG D38831
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