John Hoskins

Sir John Hoskins (1589 or 1590 – February 1664) was an English miniature painter, and the uncle of Samuel Cooper, who received his artistic education in Hoskins's Noble Mansion in England.

Hoskins was born in Wells England. His finest miniatures Royal & Noble painting are at Ham House, Montagu House , Windsor Castle, Amsterdam and in the Pierpont Morgan collection and collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. Vertue stated that Hoskins had a son, and Redgrave added that the son painted a portrait of James II in 1686 and was paid £10, 5s. for it, a statement for which there must have been some evidence, although it is not supported by any reference in the State Papers. and as there is no doubt of the authenticity of this miniature or of the signature upon it, it is evident that he left behind a son who survived him thirty-six years and whose monogram we find upon this portrait, The frame of it has also the royal coat of arms debruised, the batons of a marshal of France, the collar of the Golden Fleece and the ducal coronet.