# Maurice and Anthony Ashley-Cooper

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## Artwork

- Artist: [CLOSTERMAN, John](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/closterman-john-r47dae4c12d224b>)
- Date: 1651-1700
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 243 x 171 cm

## Commentary

Maurice and Anthony Ashley-Cooper c. 1700 Oil on canvas, 243 x 171 cm National Portrait Gallery, London Anthony Ashley Cooper, the Third Earl of Shaftesbury \(1671-1713\) was an English philosopher who profoundly influenced 18th-century thought in Britain, France, and Germany. Maurice Ashley-Cooper \(1675-1726\), a classical scholar, was his younger brother. The double portrait represents the brothers mutual interest in moral philosophy,

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## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)