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- Sir Peter Lely
- John Hay, 1st Marquess of Tweeddale, 1626 - 1697. Lord High Chancellor of Scotland
- about 1660 - 1665
- PG 2225
- Scottish Art
- Sir Peter Lely
- PG 900
- Sir Peter Lely
- Anne Hyde, Duchess of York, 1637 - 1671. First wife of James VII and II
- About 1661
- PG 1179
- On Display
- Portrait of the Month
- Sir Peter Lely
- James VII and II, when Duke of York, 1633 – 1701
- About 1661
- PG 901
- On Display
- Scottish Art
- Sir Peter Lely
- James Sharp, 1618 - 1679. Archbishop of St. Andrews
- about 1664
- PG 1529
- Scottish Art
- Sir Peter Lely
- John Maitland, 2nd Earl and 1st Duke of Lauderdale, 1616 - 1682. Statesman
- About 1665
- PG 2128
- On Display
- Scottish Art
- Sir Peter Lely
- Charles II, 1630 - 1685. King of Scots 1649 - 1685, King of England and Ireland 1660 - 1685
- After 1671
- SP II 21.44
- Scottish Art
- Sir Peter Lely
- Mary II, 1662 - 1694. Reigned jointly with William III, 1688 - 1694
- After 1677
- SP II 68.27
- On Display
- Scottish Art
Sir Peter Lely (English, 1618 - 1680)
Lely was born in Soest, Germany, of Dutch parents. In 1637 he was registered as a pupil of Pieter de Grebber in his father's home town of Haarlem. He came to London in about 1643, and in 1647 painted the children of Charles I, in custody during the Civil War. By the end of the Commonwealth, he was the best-known portrait painter in England and, after the restoration of Charles II, he was appointed Principal Painter to the king in 1661. His society beauties are heavy-lidded and sensuous whilst his portraits of Admirals (National Maritime Museum) show a more serious side to his art. The output of his studio was huge, Lely relied heavily on assistants. He was knighted the year of his death.
