Artist: George Gower (1540 - 1596)
Nationality: British
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Media: Painting
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Biography:
George Gower was a popular English portrait painter. Appointed to sergeant-painter to Queen Elizabeth in 1581. His clean and distinctive style allowed him to paint most of England’s upper class, including Sir Thomas Kyston and Lady Kyston. Gower also painted a self-portrait that showed his coat of arms.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (60)
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Lord Ronald Gower Le Feu Vidame de Chartres 19th century
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Lord Ronald Gower Madame de Miolan 19th century
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Portrait d'homme avec perruque, de trois-quarts à droite (17e siècle) by anonyme
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Lord Ronald Gower Mousier de Guise le Pere as a young man 19th century
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Portrait d'un abbé (1666) by VAILLANT Bernard
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Portrait de la marquise de Montespan (1641-1707) (2e moitié 17e siècle) by anonyme
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Portrait de Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1619-1683) (2e moitié 17e siècle) by NANTEUIL Robert
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Francisco de Zurbarán, Spanish, 1598-1664 St. Peter Thomas about 1632 Oil on canvas 92.4 x
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Portrait d'un inconnu, dit autrefois portrait de Louvois, ou autoportrait de Robert Nanteuil (1623-1678) (17e siècle) by NANTEUIL Robert (?)
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portrait de François de Malherbe (17e siècle) by VORSTERMAN Lucas l'ancien
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Portrait dit de Nicolas Bertin (1669-1736) (cf. dessin de Lépicié vers 1740) (17e siècle) by anonyme
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SULLY (1er quart 17e siècle) by anonyme
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George Romney George, First Marquis of Townshend oil on canvas 1792
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A Young Knight of the Garter, Possibly George Augustus (1683-1760), Later George II of Great
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George B. Shaw George Heriote 19th - 20th century
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Benjamin West - George III 1783 oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art American
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George Biddle George Santayana (profile) Lithograph 1952
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LULLI (2e moitié 17e siècle) by anonyme ; MIGNARD Paul (d'après, ?)
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Presentation Basting Spoon with Badge of King George III, George Smith IV, England, London, recorded 1799 - 1812  (Artist), 1799, Silver
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Renée de Rieux, dame de Sainte-Maure, marquise de Nesle (1524-1567) (1560 vers) by anonyme
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LE CARDINAL MAZARIN (1658 entre ; 1660 et) by MIGNARD Pierre
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Gregor Duncan Portrait Sketch of George T. Eggleston red chalk 1935
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Portrait de Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684-1721) (18e siècle) by BOUCHER François (? ) ; WATTEAU Jean Antoine (? ) ; JULLIENNE Jean de (? )
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James McNeill Whistler - George W. Vanderbilt 1897-1903 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Gilbert Stuart - George Washington 1796 oil on canvas Mead Art Museum, Amherst College American
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Jean-Antoine Houdon - George Washington 1786-1793 plaster National Gallery of Art French
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Charles Willson Peale - George Washington 1787 oil on canvas Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts American
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Charles Willson Peale - George Washington c. 1779-81 oil on canvas The Metropolitan Museum of Art American
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Jean-Antoine Houdon - George Washington c. 1786 plaster bust Boston Athenaeum
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John Singer Sargent - George McCulloch 1901 oil on canvas Boston Athenaeum American
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Gilbert Stuart - George Pollock 1793-1794 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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William Holman Hunt - Mrs. George Waugh 1868 oil on fabric Cleveland Museum of Art British
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Sir Henry Raeburn - Mrs. George Hill c. 1790-1800 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art British
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Gilbert Stuart - George Washington c. 1803-1805 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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William Hogarth - George Arnold 1738-1740 oil on canvas The Fitzwilliam Museum British
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Rembrandt Peale - George Washington 1795 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art American
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Rembrandt Peale - George Washington 1859 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Gilbert Stuart - George Washington 1795 oil on canvas The Metropolitan Museum of Art American
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John F. Kensett - Lake George 1869 oil on canvas The Metropolitan Museum of Art American
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Gilbert Stuart - George Washington after 1796 oil on canvas Corcoran Gallery of Art American
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Allan Ramsay - King George III 1713-84 oil on canvas The Mint Museums English
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Gilbert Stuart - George Washington c. 1821 oil on wood National Gallery of Art American
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Edward Savage - George Washington c. 1796 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Rembrandt Peale - George Washington c. 1850 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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John Neagle - George Dodd 1852 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Gilbert Stuart - George Washington 1795-96 oil on canvas The Frick Collection American
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Gilbert Stuart - George Washington before 1801 oil on canvas The Fitzwilliam Museum American
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Francis Hayman - George Dance c. 1750 oil on canvas The Fitzwilliam Museum British
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William Oberhardt Portrait of George T. Eggleston charcoal 1949
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George Vertue Sr. George Lisle, General engraving 17th - 18th century
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George Vertue King George, defender of the Faith, after Knoeller engraving 1807
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George Biddle Catfish Row Lithograph 1936
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Karl Godwin Portrait of George T. Eggleston charcoal 1950
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Self-portrait George Henry Harlow (British, 1787-1819)Oil on canvas; 30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5
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George Houston Cover of "Twelve Etchings By George Houston", with notes by Neil Munro 19th - 20th century
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George Cruikshank The Last March of the Conscripts: April 7, 1814 Engraving and watercolor 18th - 19th century
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George Vertue George Morley, Bishop of Winchester engraving 17th - 18th century
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Mrs. George Horsley (Charlotte Talbot, died 1828), ca. 1787 George Romney (British, 1734-1802)Oil on canvas;
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George T. Eggleston The Stout Lady for College Humor pen and black ink 1935
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Augustus Saint-Gaudens George Washington bronze 19th - 20th century

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (6)
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NSA Gallery: Icons: A Group Exhibition
Andrew states that I chose ‘Icons’ as the theme of the exhibition, because icons offer interesting visual potential for the merging of symbolism with design. Icons tend to be compact and ‘loaded’ images and can range from traditional symbols of th...
Monash University Gallery: Avant-gardism fo Children
avant-gardism for children is not a celebration of childrens or naïve art. It is concerned with teasing out further possibilities of spontaneous and improvisational artmaking whilst extending notions of moder...
Zenith Gallery: INAUGURAL INSPIRATION: Commemorating a Momentous Occasion
Works will be included by: Jerry Berta, Cheryl Derricotte, Drew Ernst, Robert Freeman, Siobhan Gavagan,  Aziza Gibson-Hunter, Cassandra Gillens, Julie & Ken Girardini David Glick Margery E. Goldberg    Brenda Gordon   Sofia Gower-Fische, Step...
Davis Museum and Cultural Center: Women Who Ruled: Queens, Goddesses, Amazons 1500 – 1650
More than 80 images of Old Master paintings, prints, drawings, sculptures and decorative arts objects depicting powerful women are brought together for the first time to reveal much about the context in which they were created. Looking at these r...
Network Gallery: PhotoSensitive Unveils AIDS in Africa Project
Founded in 1990, PhotoSensitive brings together the photographic talents of a number of Toronto-based professional photographers to harness the power of the camera to achieve social goals. Each photograph...
Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery: Stretch: Works by Artists from North and South America
Comments co-curators Keith Wallace and Eugenio Valdes Figueroa, "Bringing together artwork from different nations within the Americas serves to provide a perspective on the works' similarities and differences. In spite of the virtual demise of n...

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