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John Schaeffer AO - art collector and philanthropist, 2014 Evert Ploeg

John Schaeffer AO - art collector and philanthropist, 2014 Evert Ploeg

Portrait, oil on canvas

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Harold Mitchell AC

Self portrait, 1948 Grace Cossington Smith

On display in Gallery Five John Schaeffer Gallery

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Portraits that traverse the decades between the First and Second World Wars.

Portrait of Dr Johann Reinhold Forster and his son George Forster, c. 1780 Jean Francois Rigaud

Portrait of Dr Johann Reinhold Forster and his son George Forster, c. 1780 Jean Francois Rigaud

Portrait, oil on canvas

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by the Liangis family, the Ian Potter Foundation and John Schaeffer AO 2009

Self portrait with gladioli, 1922 George Lambert

Self portrait with gladioli, 1922 George Lambert

Portrait, oil on canvas

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of John Schaeffer AO 2003
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Portrait of Captain James Cook RN, 1782 John Webber

Portrait of Captain James Cook RN, 1782 John Webber

Portrait, oil on canvas

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2000 by the Commonwealth Government with the generous assistance of Robert Oatley AO and John Schaeffer AO

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