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SAMUEL COOPER (1609-72)

A Self-Portrait

1645

RCIN 420067

This miniature has a particularly strong physical presence, the sitter's slightly open lips giving an impression that he is about to speak. Cooper is reported to have had an agreeable personality, which presumably helped him negotiate the difficult politics of producing portraits of both Parliamentarians and Royalists during the Interregnum. After the Restoration he was patronised extensively by Charles II, who commissioned Cooper to draw his portrait for the new coinage.

Cat. 16


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