Artist

Richard Gibson

Portrait of Richard Gibson
Portrait of Richard Gibson

England, 1615–1690

Richard Gibson was an England Flemish Baroque painting artist. 5 works are cataloged here, principally at Rijksmuseum. Richard Gibson was born in Cumberland.

Richard Gibson (1615 – 23 July 1690), known as "Dwarf Gibson", was an English painter of portrait miniatures and a court dwarf in England during the reigns of Charles I, Oliver Cromwell, Charles II, and William III and Mary II. Both Andrew Marvell and Edmund Waller wrote poems addressed to him.

Works by Richard Gibson

Collections represented

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