Sir Theodore Turquet de Mayerne 1635
John I Hoskins (c.1590–1665)
Green Templeton College, University of Oxford
(b ?Wells, Somerset, c.1595; d London, 22 Feb. 1665). The leading English portrait miniaturist between c.1620 and c.1640 (from the death of Hilliard to the emergence of Samuel Cooper, Hoskins's nephew and pupil). His early work is a development of Hilliard's style. He later became a specialist in miniature versions of van Dyck's large-scale portraits, but his work often has a charm and originality of its own. His son, John Hoskins the Younger (?c.1617–after 1693), was also a miniaturist.
Text source: The Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists (Oxford University Press)
