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The painting was first described by George Vertue, who attributed it to Peter Lely and stated that it was painted from a man who was said to look like Shakespeare. [7] It was owned by Thomas Wright of Covent Garden in 1725 when it was engraved by John Simon and attributed to Soest. It was probably painted in the late 1660s, after the ...
Sir Peter Lely (14 September 1618 – 30 November 1680) [1] [2] [3] was a painter of Dutch origin whose career was nearly all spent in England, where he became the dominant portrait painter to the court. He became a naturalised British subject and was knighted in 1679.
Pages in category "Paintings by Peter Lely" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. F. Flagmen of ...
Catherine of Braganza, Charles II's queen, by Sir Peter Lely, 1663-65.Portraits were the main output of the Principal Painters. The title of Principal Painter in Ordinary to the King or Queen of England or, later, Great Britain, was awarded to a number of artists, nearly all mainly portraitists.
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Peter Edwards (born 1955) Nicholas Hely Hutchinson (born 1955) Jo Self (born 1956) Panayiotis Kalorkoti (born 1957) John O'Carroll (born 1958) Peter Doig (born 1959) Claudette Johnson (born 1959) David Leapman (born 1959) Ian Davenport (born 1960) Nick Fudge (born 1960) Keith Piper (born 1960) Sonia Boyce (born 1962) Gary Hume (born 1962) Tod ...
John Greenhill (c. 1644 – 19 May 1676) was an English portrait painter, a pupil of Peter Lely, who approached his teacher in artistic excellence, but whose life was cut short by a dissolute lifestyle.