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John Riley BIOGRAPHY
1646 - 1691. Known for: Portraiture.
John Riley was a prominent English portrait painter who flourished in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. He was trained under Isaac Fuller and Gerard Soest. He excelled in capturing the facial... Read full biography
John Riley was a prominent English portrait painter who flourished in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. He was trained under Isaac Fuller and Gerard Soest. He excelled in capturing the facial features of his sitters and is known to have painted James I and Mary of Modena. He was appointed... Read full biography
John Riley was a prominent English portrait painter who flourished in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. He was trained under Isaac Fuller and Gerard Soest. He excelled in capturing the facial features of his sitters and is known to have painted James I and Mary of Modena. He was appointed jointly as Principal Painter in Ordinary to King William III and Queen Mary with Godfrey Kneller in 1688. Sir William Monson, a prominent Whig politician, was one of his fashionable sitters. Riley... Read full biography
John Riley was a prominent English portrait painter who flourished in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. He was trained under Isaac Fuller and Gerard Soest. He excelled in capturing the facial features of his sitters and is known to have painted James I and Mary of Modena. He was appointed jointly as Principal Painter in Ordinary to King William III and Queen Mary with Godfrey Kneller in 1688. Sir William Monson, a prominent Whig politician, was one of his fashionable sitters. Riley collaborated with John Closterman and welcomed other artists in his studio.
John Riley was a prominent English portrait painter who flourished in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. He was trained under Isaac Fuller and Gerard Soest. He excelled in capturing the facial features of his sitters and is known to have painted James I and Mary of Modena. He was appointed jointly as Principal Painter in Ordinary to King William III and Queen Mary with Godfrey Kneller in 1688. Sir William Monson, a prominent Whig politician, was one of his fashionable sitters. Riley collaborated with John Closterman and welcomed other artists in his studio.
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John Riley was a prominent English portrait painter who flourished in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. He was trained under Isaac Fuller and Gerard Soest. He excelled in capturing the facial features of his sitters and is known to have painted James I and Mary of Modena. He was appointed jointly as Principal Painter in Ordinary to King William III and Queen Mary with Godfrey Kneller in 1688. Sir William Monson, a prominent Whig politician, was one of his fashionable sitters. Riley collaborated with John Closterman and welcomed other artists in his studio.