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Description: | This portrait is based on a portrait of Ben Jonson in the National Portrait Gallery, London, by Abraham van Blyenberch which was painted around 1617. However, although the face is close to that in London, the sitter in the work at Cannon Hall is in a different style of dress to the one in the National Portrait Gallery, and far more detailed. The handling is also more painterly in the face. Photographic X-rays of this painting show that the face of Jonson has been added at a later date. Underneath is an earlier portrait of another man, whose eyes and hairline are in a different position. Ben Jonson (1573?-1637), a contemporary of Shakespeare, was one of the most famous and successful poets and dramatists of his time. He is particularly known for his comedies, including Every Man in his Humour, Volpone and The Alchemist. | Subjects: | portrait (Ben Jonson); figure | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: British School Æ Dutch School After Blyenberch, Abraham van (Flemish painter, active 1617-1622) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8864... | Go to resource |
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