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Portrait of a Man in Armor by Samuel Cooper

Portrait of a Man in Armor

Samuel Cooper · 1650

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Artist
Samuel Cooper
Date
1650
Location
Yale Center for British Art
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Samuel Cooper

Samuel Cooper, the 'most famous limner of the world for a face,' captured the likenesses of 17th-century English society in exquisite miniature portraits.

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