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Robert Boyle

13 of 14 portraits on display in Room 6 at the National Portrait Gallery

Robert Boyle, after Johann Kerseboom, (circa 1689-1690) - NPG - © National Portrait Gallery, London

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Robert Boyle

after Johann Kerseboom
oil on canvas, (circa 1689-1690)
50 in. x 40 3/4 in. (1270 mm x 1035 mm)
Given by Eric Bullivant in memory of his wife, Kate Bullivant, 1955
Primary Collection
NPG 3930


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  • Robert Boyle (1627-1691), Chemist and natural philosopher. Sitter associated with 22 portraits.

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  • Audio Guide
  • Hart-Davis, Adam, Chain Reactions, 2000, p. 21
  • Piper, David, Catalogue of Seventeenth Century Portraits in the National Portrait Gallery, 1625-1714, 1963, p. 31
  • Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 71

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