French Rococo Era Painter, 1685-1766 Related Paintings of Jjean-Marc nattier :. | Portrait of Marie Adelaide of France | Beaumarchais | Portrait of Jeanne Louise de Lorraine, Mademoiselle de Lambesc (1711-1772) and her brother Louis de Lorraine, Count then Prince of Brionne | Madame Sophie of France | Princesse de Rohan | Related Artists:
John VanderbankJohn Vanderbank (9 September 1694 - 23 December 1739) was an English portrait painter and book illustrator, who enjoyed a high reputation for a short while during the reign of King George I, but who died relatively young due to an intemperate and extravagant lifestyle.
Vanderbank was born in London, the eldest son of John Vanderbank Snr. His father was a Huguenot tapestry weaver, born in Paris, but who was forced to flee to Holland before coming to England where he became head of a Soho tapestry weaving factory.
Vanderbank studied under Sir Godfrey Kneller at James Thornhill's art academy in Great Queen Street from 1711 until 1720, when he joined with Louis Cheron to found his own academy in St. Martin's Lane. The venture proved a failure, and in 1729 he went to France to avoid his creditors. On his return he entered "the liberties of the Fleet" - mansion houses near Fleet prison, London, in which certain privileged prisoners could serve out their sentences in return for payment.
It was noted by George Vertue that "only intemperance prevented Vanderbank from being the greatest portraitist of his generation." He died of Tuberculosis in Holies Street, Cavendish Square, London, on 23 Dec. 1739, aged about 45, and was buried in Marylebone church.
Samuel J.Reader1853-1914
Michel Gobinpainted Junger Mann mit Pfeife in 1681