Objavte Williama Dobsona: pionierskeho anglického maliara známeho portrétmi s vplyvom vénetskej školy a kráľovskými objednávkami zo 17. storočia. Preskúmajte jeho odkaz!
Objavte srdce britského umenia v Tate Britain! Pozrite si staletí maľieb a soch od Turnerovej po súčasné ikonické diela v nádhernom prostredí pri Tamze. Bezplatný vstup a zábavné výstavy čakajú.
Endymion Porter was a favourite courtier of King Charles I, for whom he bought works of art. He is shown here as a huntsman with his kill, a possible reference to the ongoing civil war. His patronage of the arts is indicated by the statue of Apollo and the classical frieze he is leaning on.William Dobson painted this portrait at the exiled court of King Charles in Oxford. The pose is taken from a portrait of the Roman Emperor Vespasian by Titian, which was then in Charles I