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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.
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 ...
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 ...
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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 Wtewael (1596–1660), 3 paintings : Denial of Peter, Museum of Art, Cleveland ; Michael Wutky (1739–1822), 4 paintings : The Summit of Vesuvius Erupting, Akademie der bildenden Künste, Vienna ; Jan Wyck (1644–1702), 4 paintings : William III Landing at Brixham, Torbay, National Maritime Museum, London