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DOBSON, William
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Pintura ID: 06407
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The Painter with Sir Charles Cottrell and Sir Balthasar Gerbier dfg
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about 1645
Oil on canvas,
Albury Park, Guildford, England
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DOBSON, William:
English Baroque Era Painter, ca.1611-1646
English painter. His father, William Dobson, was a gentleman of St Albans employed by Francis Bacon, Viscount Verulam, on the building and decoration at Verulam House and Gorhambury; he was also probably Master of the Alienation Office and a member of the Painter-Stainers' Company, but according to John Aubrey, 'he spending his estate luxuriously upon women, necessity forced his son William Dobson to be the most excellent painter
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