Robert Walker (1599–1658)

• Was an English portrait painter.
• Walker was the chief painter of the parliamentary party during the Commonwealth of England from 1649 to 1658.
• He is chiefly known for his portraits of Oliver Cromwell, and our knowledge of Cromwell's appearance is mainly based on Walker's paintings, as well as the portraits of him by Samuel Cooper and by Peter Lely. • Walker painted Henry Ireton, John Lambert (examples of these two in the National Portrait Gallery), Charles Fleetwood, Richard Keble and other prominent members of the parliamentary government. • In 1652, on the death of the Earl of Arundel, Walker was allotted apartments in Arundel House, which had been seized by the parliament.
• He is stated to have died in 1658. 
• The displayed painting is a crop from: Robert Walker, Robert Walker, circa 1645-1650.
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