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.
Catherine Russell (née Bridges), Countess of Bedford
by Henry Bone, after Cornelius Johnson (Cornelius Janssen van Ceulen)
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, July 1827
NPG D17198
by Henry Bone, after Cornelius Johnson (Cornelius Janssen van Ceulen)
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, 1827
NPG D17231
Ann (née Harrison), Lady Fanshawe
probably by Henry Meyer, published by Henry Colburn, after Cornelius Johnson (Cornelius Janssen van Ceulen)
stipple engraving, published 1829
NPG D30571
Henry Somerset, 1st Marquess of Worcester
by John Henry Robinson, published by Harding & Lepard, after Cornelius Johnson (Cornelius Janssen van Ceulen)
stipple engraving, published 1 September 1832
NPG D28193
by Edward Hargrave, after Cornelius Johnson (Cornelius Janssen van Ceulen)
coloured line and stipple engraving, 1842
NPG D32918
by George Glover, after Cornelius Johnson (Cornelius Janssen van Ceulen)
line engraving, published 1640
NPG D21618
Spencer Compton, 2nd Earl of Northampton
by Michael Vandergucht, after Cornelius Johnson (Cornelius Janssen van Ceulen)
line engraving, published 1713
NPG D19857
by George Vertue, after Cornelius Johnson (Cornelius Janssen van Ceulen)
engraving, 1722 (1628)
NPG D19824
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