Charles Thompson

Pieter Christoffel Wonder painted ‘Charles Thompson’ around c. 1818. It is oil on wood panel. The work resides in the Cleveland Museum of Art. Its dimensions are not publicly listed.

The painting depicts Charles Thompson, though details about Thompson’s life remain sparse. Wonder’s choice of a wood panel is less common than canvas for this period.

Pieter Christoffel Wonder was a Dutch painter active in England. He was born in 1777 and died in 1852. His works often reflect the influences of both Dutch and English art traditions.

Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, https://clevelandart.org/art/1995.48

https://oolf.net/open-art/wonder-charles-thompson/