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30 de mai. de 2018 · Sotheby's Old Masters Evening Sale on 4 July features a magnificent work by Sir Peter Lely, painted to celebrate the marriage of Lord Cornbury and Theodosia Capel in 1661. This double portrait is one of the greatest and most sophisticated conversation pieces Peter Lely ever produced. Indeed it is one of the finest baroque double portraits by ...
Three-quarter-length portrait of Charles II (1630-85), standing in armour, wearing the chain of the Garter, holding a baton in his right hand, and resting his left hand on a helmet below the crown and sceptre. The canvas appears to have been left unfinished by Lely and was probably completed later, possibly in Lelys studio. At a still later period the canvas was enlarged to a full-length but ...
30 de out. de 2012 · Sensing economic opportunity, the Dutch artist Peter Lely (1618-1680) emigrated in his early twenties to London, and was thus the right man in the right place. After the early death of Sir Anthony van Dyck, followed by the Englishman William Dobson, Lely cleverly and charmingly utilised disarming ambition to open up a career for himself and become in due course the most successful painter of ...
Catherine of Braganza (1638-1705) was the daughter of John IV of Portugal who became Charles IIs Queen in 1662. This three-quarter-length portrait was painted, presumably for the sitter, soon after her arrival in England. It is the original for many painted version and copies. The Queen is shown seated, facing to the left, wearing a silk dress with pearls around her neck and at her breast, and ...
5 de nov. de 2012 · Peter Lely: A Lyrical Vision, Courtauld Gallery, London WC2 (020 7848 2526) to 13 January. Join our commenting forum. Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see ...
Sir Peter Lely, who was born in Germany to Dutch parents, received his early artistic training in Haarlem before moving to England c.1643, where he built up a successful practice working for both Royalists and Parliamentarians. By 1660 he was one of the most celebrated artists in Britain; he was appointed Limner and Picture Drawer to the Charles II that year and granted an annual pension the ...
6 de mai. de 2024 · Peter Lely – Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich. 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. [5] Lely became a naturalised English subject in 1662.
