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An English 17th-century double portrait holds many clues to its meaning

23 January 2021

9:00 AM

23 January 2021

9:00 AM

The Ghost of Galileo: In a Forgotten Painting from the English Civil War J.L.Heilbron

OUP, pp.520, 25

This is a big book about a minor painting — a double portrait of John Bankes, aged about 16 (the son of the Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, Sir John Bankes), and his tutor, Dr Maurice Williams. It was done in Oxford in 1643-4 by Francis Cleyn, a court painter.

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