Sir Peter Lely Elizabeth, Countess of Kildare Painting ID:: 2400 Sir Peter Lely1.jpg
Elizabeth, Countess of Kildare 1679
Tate Gallery, London
Sir Peter Lely Self-Portrait with Hugh May Painting ID:: 26854 new2/Sir Peter Lely-562855.jpg
Self-Portrait with Hugh May mk52
c.1675
Oil on canvas
144x183cm
Audley End,Essex
Sir Peter Lely Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland as St. Catherine of Alexandria Painting ID:: 31345 new4/Sir Peter Lely-837633.jpg
Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland as St. Catherine of Alexandria nn07
c.1665-70
Sir Peter Lely Two Ladies of the Lake Family Painting ID:: 31346 new4/Sir Peter Lely-853478.jpg
Two Ladies of the Lake Family nn07
c. 1660
Oil on canvas, 127 x 180 cm
Tate Gallery, London
Sir Peter Lely Hnrietta Maria of France,Queen of England Painting ID:: 33616 new9/Sir Peter Lely-568435.jpg
Hnrietta Maria of France,Queen of England mk86
1660
Oil on canvas
49x39cm
Chantily,Musee Conde
Sir Peter Lely Portrait of Cecilia Croft Painting ID:: 34289 new10/Sir Peter Lely-725935.jpg
Portrait of Cecilia Croft mk91
Oil on canvas
70x55.5
Sir Peter Lely barbara villiers,duchess of cheveland as st.catherine of alexandria Painting ID:: 56094 new20/Sir Peter Lely-552675.jpg
barbara villiers,duchess of cheveland as st.catherine of alexandria mk247
c.1665 to 67,oil on canvas,49x39 in ,125.7x100 cm ,private collection
Sir Peter Lely Two ladies from the Lake family, Painting ID:: 59563 new21/Sir Peter Lely-963278.jpg
Two ladies from the Lake family, Two ladies from the Lake family, 1650. Held by the Tate Gallery.
Sir Peter Lely Sir Frescheville Holles, Painting ID:: 73063 new24/Sir Peter Lely-355563.jpg
Sir Frescheville Holles, "Sir Frescheville Holles, 1641-72, and Sir Robert Holmes, 1622-92," oil on canvas, by the English artist Sir Peter Lely. Circa 1672. 1320 mm x 1625 mm. Courtesy of the National Maritime Museum, London
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Sir Peter Lely Flagmen of Lowestoft: Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Teddeman, Painting ID:: 73067 new24/Sir Peter Lely-684933.jpg
Flagmen of Lowestoft: Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Teddeman, "Flagmen of Lowestoft: Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Teddeman, 1620-68," oil on canvas, by the English painter Sir Peter Lely. Dated 1666. 1270 mm x 1015 mm. Courtesy of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London.
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Sir Peter Lely Cornelis Tromp, Painting ID:: 73071 new24/Sir Peter Lely-669759.jpg
Cornelis Tromp, "Cornelis Tromp, 1629-91," oil on canvas, by the English painter Sir Peter Lely. Circa 1675. 1270 mm x 1015 mm. Courtesy of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London.
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Sir Peter Lely Flagmen of Lowestoft: Admiral Sir William Penn, Painting ID:: 73072 new24/Sir Peter Lely-766677.jpg
Flagmen of Lowestoft: Admiral Sir William Penn, "Flagmen of Lowestoft: Admiral Sir William Penn, 1621-70," oil on canvas, by Sir Peter Lely. Circa 1665-1666. 1270 mm x 1015 mm. Courtesy of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London.
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Sir Peter Lely Portrait of King Charles II Painting ID:: 74888 new24/Sir Peter Lely-488854.jpg
Portrait of King Charles II 1675
Oil on canvas
127 X 101.2 cm (50 X 39.84 in)
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Sir Peter Lely Portrait of King Charles II Painting ID:: 76429 new24/Sir Peter Lely-387833.jpg
Portrait of King Charles II Date ~1675
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 127 ?? 101.2 cm (50 ?? 39.8 in)
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Sir Peter Lely A Boy as a Shepherd Painting ID:: 76598 new24/Sir Peter Lely-594439.jpg
A Boy as a Shepherd A Boy as a Shepherd, c. 1658-60, oil on canvas painting by Sir Peter Lely, Dulwich Picture Gallery.
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Sir Peter Lely Possibly portrait of Nell Gwyn Painting ID:: 77288 new24/Sir Peter Lely-756958.jpg
Possibly portrait of Nell Gwyn ca. 1675(1675)
Oil on canvas
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Sir Peter Lely A Boy as a Shepherd Painting ID:: 78450 new24/Sir Peter Lely-767795.jpg
A Boy as a Shepherd 1658-60, oil on canvas painting by Sir Peter Lely, Dulwich Picture Gallery
Date c. 1658-60
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Sir Peter Lely Portrait of Nell Gwyn Painting ID:: 78548 new24/Sir Peter Lely-899346.jpg
Portrait of Nell Gwyn 1675(1675)
Medium Oil on canvas
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Sir Peter Lely Portrait of an unknown woman, formerly known as Elizabeth Hamilton, Countess de Gramont Painting ID:: 78889 new24/Sir Peter Lely-497574.jpg
Portrait of an unknown woman, formerly known as Elizabeth Hamilton, Countess de Gramont ca. 1665(1665)
Oil on canvas
141 x 139.7 cm (55.5 x 55 in)
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Sir Peter Lely Thomas Clifford Painting ID:: 80265 new24/Sir Peter Lely-749978.jpg
Thomas Clifford Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh (1630-1673), oil on canvas
Date c1672
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Sir Peter Lely Elizabeth Wriothesley, later Countess of Northumberland, later Countess of Montagu Painting ID:: 81294 new24/Sir Peter Lely-899673.jpg
Elizabeth Wriothesley, later Countess of Northumberland, later Countess of Montagu oil on canvas
120 x 95 cm
Date 17th century
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Sir Peter Lely Portrait of Margaret Hughes Painting ID:: 81467 new24/Sir Peter Lely-898455.jpg
Portrait of Margaret Hughes Date ca. 1670(1670)
Medium Oil
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Sir Peter Lely Charles Dormer, 2nd Earl of Carnarvon Painting ID:: 81627 new24/Sir Peter Lely-693389.jpg
Charles Dormer, 2nd Earl of Carnarvon oil on canvas
99 x 99 cm
1659
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Sir Peter Lely Randolph Crewe Painting ID:: 81629 new24/Sir Peter Lely-534587.jpg
Randolph Crewe oil on canvas
123 x 93.5 cm
Date 17th century
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Sir Peter Lely Portrait of an unknown woman Painting ID:: 81723 new24/Sir Peter Lely-965968.jpg
Portrait of an unknown woman ca. 1665(1665)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 141 x 139.7 cm (55.5 x 55 in)
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Sir Peter Lely Portrait of Bartholomew Beale Painting ID:: 81755 new24/Sir Peter Lely-877477.jpg
Portrait of Bartholomew Beale . 1670(1670)
Medium Oil on canvas
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Sir Peter Lely Portrait of Richard Gibson Painting ID:: 81780 new24/Sir Peter Lely-756558.jpg
Portrait of Richard Gibson 1658(1658)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 125.7 x 101.6 cm (49.5 x 40 in)
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Sir Peter Lely formerly known as Elizabeth Hamilton Painting ID:: 81823 new24/Sir Peter Lely-396447.jpg
formerly known as Elizabeth Hamilton ca. 1665(1665)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 141 x 139.7 cm (55.5 x 55 in)
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Sir Peter Lely Duchess of Richmond and Lennox Painting ID:: 84290 new25/Sir Peter Lely-369837.jpg
Duchess of Richmond and Lennox Oil on canvas
Dimensions 125.8 x 102.7 cm (49.5 x 40.4 in)
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1618-1680
Dutch (Resident In UK)
Sir Peter Lely Art Locations
Sir Peter Lely (14 September 1618 - 30 November 1680) was a painter of Dutch origin. He was the most popular portrait artist in England from soon after he arrived in the country in the 1640s to his death. He also owned a major collection of art, especially drawings by other artists.
Lely was born Pieter van der Faes to Dutch parents in Soest in Westphalia,[1] where his father was an officer serving in the armed forces of the Elector of Brandenburg. Lely studied painting in Haarlem, where he may have been apprenticed to Pieter de Grebber. He become a master of the Guild of Saint Luke in Haarlem in 1637. He is reputed to have adopted the surname "Lely" (also occasionally spelled Lilly) from a heraldic lily on the gable of the house where his father was born in The Hague.
He arrived in London in around 1641. His early English paintings, mainly mythological or religious scenes, or portraits set in a pastoral landscape, show influences from Anthony van Dyck and the Dutch baroque. Lely's portraits were well received, and he succeeded Anthony van Dyck as the most fashionable portrait artist in England. He became a freeman of the Painter-Stainers' Company in 1647 and was portrait artist to Charles I, but his talent ensured that his career was uninterrupted by Charles's execution, and he served Oliver Cromwell, whom he painted "warts and all", and Richard Cromwell. In the years around 1650 the poet Sir Richard Lovelace wrote two poems about Lely ?? Peinture and "See what a clouded majesty...."
Two ladies from the Lake family, 1650. Held by the Tate Gallery.[1]After the English Restoration in 1660, Lely was appointed as Charles II's Principal Painter in Ordinary in 1661, with a stipend of £200 per year, as Van Dyck had enjoyed in the previous Stuart reign. Lely became a naturalised British subject in 1662.
Demand was high, and Lely and his school were prolific. After Lely painted a sitter's head, Lely's pupils would often complete the portrait in one of a series of numbered poses. As a result Lely is the first English painter who has left "an enormous mass of work." Among his most famous paintings are a series of 10 portraits of ladies from the Royal court, known as the "Windsor Beauties", formerly at Windsor Castle but now at Hampton Court Palace; a similar series for Althorp; a series of 12 of the admirals and captains who fought in the Second Anglo-Dutch War, known as the "Flagmen of Lowestoft", now mostly owned by the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich; and his Susannah and the Elders at Burghley House. His most famous non-portrait work is probably Nymphs by a fountain in Dulwich Picture Gallery.
Lely played a significant role in introducing the mezzotint to Britain, as he realized its possibilities for publicising his portraits. He encouraged Dutch mezzotinters to come to Britain to copy his work, laying the foundations for the English mezzotint tradition.
Lely was knighted in 1680. He died soon afterwards at his easel in Covent Garden, while painting a portrait of the Duchess of Somerset. He was buried at St Paul's Church, Covent Garden. He collected Old Masters during his life, with examples by Veronese, Titian, Claude Lorrain and Rubens, and a fabulous collection of drawings. His collection was broken up and sold after his death, raising the immense sum of £26,000. Some items in it which had been acquired by Lely from the Commonwealth dispersal of Charles I's art collections, such as the Lely Venus, were re-acquired by the royal collection.