File:John Dee Ashmolean.jpg

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Summary

anonymous: Portrait of John Dee

Artist

anonymous (British School)

Unidentified painter
Description	16th-century portrait painting of men, with Not identified, Unspecified, Unmentioned, UnknownUnknown or AnonymousUnknown author artist, and missing year.

Title

Portrait of John Dee (1527-1608)

Object type

painting

Genre

portrait

Description

According to Charlotte Fell Smith, this portrait was painted when Dee was 67. It belonged to his grandson Rowland Dee and later to Elias Ashmole, who left it to Oxford University.

Depicted people

John Dee

Date

circa 1594

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 76 cm (29.9 in)

; width: 63.5 cm (25 in)

Collection

Ashmolean Museum

	Native name	Ashmolean Museum
	Parent institution	University of Oxford
	Location	Oxford, United Kingdom
	Coordinates	51° 45′ 20.02″ N, 1° 15′ 38.02″ W
	Established	1678–1683
	Website	http://www.ashmolean.org/
	Authority file	: Q636400 VIAF: 141569308 ISNI: 0000000121715847 ULAN: 500309840 LCCN: n81139884 NLA: 35278942 WorldCat

Accession number

WA1898.18 (Ashmolean Museum)

References

Art UK artwork ID: john-dee-141505

Source/Photographer

Scan from site of National Maritime Museum, Greenwich http://www.nmm.ac.uk/

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Licensing

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