Enoch Seeman

Enoch Seeman (* 1694 in Gdansk, † 1744 or 1745 in London ) was a painter who specialized primarily on portraits.

Life

Enoch Seeman was a son of the painter Enoch Seeman sen., Who was born about 1661 and was of Flemish origin. In 1704 he was sent by his father to London; 1708 he painted his first picture, which is still known today: a portrayal of Colonel Andrew Bisset and his family. It is now in the Castle Forbes in Scotland Grampian. From 1717 Seeman was funded by the royal family. He painted around 1730 a life-size portrait of King George I. in his coronation robe and portrayed a few years later George II These pictures are located in the Middle Temple in London and at Windsor Castle in Berkshire. Other well-known portraits of Seeman's hand are the portrait of Elihu Yale from 1717, which hangs in the Metropolitan Museum in New York today, the portrait of Sir James Dashwood from 1838, a portrait of Abraham Tucker, which is owned by the National Portrait Gallery in London is located, and two paintings that show Daniel Cajanus. One of them is located in the National Museum of Finland, the other is privately owned. Seeman is also a portrait of Sir Isaac Newton attributed. In addition to stand-alone paintings he created good copies of paintings from the Tudor period and the 17th century. Seeman's works are represented in numerous museums and private collections.