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Isaac Fuller

Drawing
ca.1670 (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Isaac Fuller (1606/1620?-1672) studied in France, and became a portraitist and history painter.

According to the first historian of British art, Baynbrigg Buckeridge, Fuller had 'a great genius for drawing'. This particular work relates to two similar self-portrait oil paintings, one in the National Portrait Gallery (London) and the other in the Bodleian Library in Oxford. It was probably made either as a preparatory drawing for a print, or perhaps as a work of art in its own right.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleIsaac Fuller (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
sketch in pen, partially in bistre and ink
Brief description
Fuller, Isaac; Portrait of Isaac Fuller; Full face, with long hair, a short beard and an upturned moustache; Sketch, in pen, partially in bistre and ink; This was later engraved by T. Chambers for the 4th edition of Walpole's 'Anecdotes of Painting', 1763; English School; ca.1670
Physical description
Portrait of Isaac Fuller; Full face, with long hair flowing over his shoulders, a short beard and an upturned moustache; Sketch, in pen, partially in bistre and ink; The indications for extending the oval to a square form are seen at the corners.
Dimensions
  • Height: 8.8in
  • Width: 6.8in
Original measurements converted from fractional inches into decimal inches (rounded to one decimal place). Dimensions taken from: DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce. London : South Kensington Museum, 1874.
Style
Credit line
Bequeathed by Rev. Alexander Dyce
Object history
This is a sketch for a potrait of Fuller. It was engraved by T. Chambers for the 4th edition of Walpole's Anecdotes of Painting, 1763, Vol. III., p. 4, only reversed.
Subjects depicted
Summary
Isaac Fuller (1606/1620?-1672) studied in France, and became a portraitist and history painter.

According to the first historian of British art, Baynbrigg Buckeridge, Fuller had 'a great genius for drawing'. This particular work relates to two similar self-portrait oil paintings, one in the National Portrait Gallery (London) and the other in the Bodleian Library in Oxford. It was probably made either as a preparatory drawing for a print, or perhaps as a work of art in its own right.
Bibliographic references
  • DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce. London : South Kensington Museum, 1874.
  • Owens, Susan, The Art of Drawing British Masters and Methods since 1600, V&A Publishing, London, 2013, p. 42, fig. 23
Collection
Accession number
DYCE.615

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Record createdOctober 29, 2009
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