John Michael Wright
Portrait painter (1617-1694) · Artists · Died at 77
John Michael Wright was an English painter, mainly of portraits in the Baroque style. Born and raised in London, Wright trained in Edinburgh under the Scots painter George Jamesone, and sometimes described himself as Scottish in documents.
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Portrait of Mary Wilbraham, Weston Park![Mrs Salesbury with her Grandchildren Edward and Elizabeth Bagot (c. 1676), Tate Collection[1]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Mrs_Salesbury_-_wright.jpg/1280px-Mrs_Salesbury_-_wright.jpg)
Mrs Salesbury with her Grandchildren Edward and Elizabeth Bagot (c. 1676), Tate Collection[1]![George Jamesone (1590-1644) self-portrait (c. 1642), National Galleries of Scotland.[6]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/GeorgeJamesone.jpg/1280px-GeorgeJamesone.jpg)
George Jamesone (1590-1644) self-portrait (c. 1642), National Galleries of Scotland.[6]!["The Virgin and Child" (1647) after Annibale Carracci. Wright's earliest known Scottish work, dedicated to the Marquess of Somerfield. Hunterian Collection[15]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Wright-Virgin_and_Child.jpg/500px-Wright-Virgin_and_Child.jpg)
"The Virgin and Child" (1647) after Annibale Carracci. Wright's earliest known Scottish work, dedicated to the Marquess of Somerfield. Hunterian Collection[15]![Archduke Leopold's Gallery in Brussels, for which Wright collected (painting by David Teniers the Younger c. 1650).[17]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/David_Teniers_d._J._008.jpg/1280px-David_Teniers_d._J._008.jpg)
Archduke Leopold's Gallery in Brussels, for which Wright collected (painting by David Teniers the Younger c. 1650).[17]![Elizabeth Claypole (1658), National Portrait Gallery[20]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Elizabeth_Claypole_by_John_Michael_Wright.jpg/500px-Elizabeth_Claypole_by_John_Michael_Wright.jpg)
Elizabeth Claypole (1658), National Portrait Gallery[20]![The portrait by Wright of King Charles II, in the Royal Collection[22]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Charles_II_of_England_in_Coronation_robes.jpg/1280px-Charles_II_of_England_in_Coronation_robes.jpg)
The portrait by Wright of King Charles II, in the Royal Collection[22]
King Charles IIAbout this person
He acquired a considerable reputation as an artist and scholar during a long sojourn in Rome. There he was admitted to the Accademia di San Luca and was associated with some of the leading artists of his generation. He was engaged by Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, the governor of the Spanish Netherlands, to acquire artworks in Oliver Cromwell's England in 1655.
