17th-century American anonymous portraitist Elizabeth Clarke Freake (Mrs. John Freake) and Baby Mary by the Freake PainterThe Freake Painter (fl. 1670s), also known as the Freake Limner and the Freake-Gibbs Painter, was an anonymous American portrait painter who has been described as "North America's first major artist". About ten portraits, all painted between 1670 and […]