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Endymion Porter is a painting made  by William Dobson (1611 – 1646) between c.1642 and 1645. who was a noted portraitist and one of the first notable English portrait painter, praised by his contemporary.

Painter
Dobson was born in London, and developed his  colour use and elaborate style depicting textures and mterials by  copying works of Titian and Anthony van Dyck from the Royal Collection. He became the court painter of King Charles I of England under the title serjeant painter. Dobson was frequently painting the king, his sons (Charles II) and members of the court, like Duke of York, Prince Rupert of the Rhine and Prince Maurice.

Endymion Porter's was painted between c.1642 and 1645.

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