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Gerard Soest Figurative Paintings

1600-1681

Gerard Soest, also known as Gerald Soest, was a portrait painter who was active in England during the late 17th century. He is most famous for his portraits of William Shakespeare and Samuel Butler but painted many members of the English gentry. Soest was traditionally thought to have come from Soest, Germany in Westphalia but was probably from Soest, Netherlands, being Dutch by birth and training. He had been in England by the late 1640s, and his paintings of that time show the influence of William Dobson. Soest's earliest known work is dated 1646.

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Artist: Gerard Soest
17th Century Oil Painting Portrait of a Young English Boy
17th Century Oil Painting Portrait of a Young English Boy

17th Century Oil Painting Portrait of a Young English Boy

By Gerard Soest

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Gerard SOEST (1600 - 1681) Portrait of a Young Boy oil on canvas 35.5 x 30.5 inches inc. frame Gerard Soest (circa 1600 – 11 February 1681), also known as Gerald Soest, was a portra...

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17th Century Old Masters Gerard Soest Figurative Paintings

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