Sir Peter Lely
Study for a Lady's Portrait
About this artwork
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title:Study for a Lady's Portrait
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accession number:D 1760
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materials:Chalk on paper
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date created:Unknown
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measurements:32.00 x 22.20 cm
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credit line:David Laing Bequest to the Royal Scottish Academy transferred 1910
Sir Peter Lely
Sir Peter Lely
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…
