Artist

John Vanderbank

Portrait of John Vanderbank
Portrait of John Vanderbank

English, 1694–1739

John Vanderbank was an English Baroque artist. 3 works are cataloged here, principally at British Museum. John Vanderbank was born in London.

John Vanderbank (9 September 1694 – 23 December 1739) was an English painter who enjoyed a high reputation during the last decade of George I's reign and remained in high fashion in the first decade of George II's reign. George Vertue's opinion was that only intemperance and extravagance prevented Vanderbank from being the greatest portraitist of his generation, his lifestyle bringing him into repeated financial difficulties and leading to an early death at the age of only 45.

Works by John Vanderbank

Collections represented

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