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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.
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 ...
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 ...
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The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason: Public domain Public domain false false The author died in 1680, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer .
Substantive definitions of English art have been attempted by, among others, art scholar Nikolaus Pevsner (in his 1956 book The Englishness of English Art), [10] art historian Roy Strong (in his 2000 book The Spirit of Britain: A narrative history of the arts) [11] and critic Peter Ackroyd (in his 2002 book Albion). [12]