Sir Peter Lely
John Maitland, 2nd Earl and 1st Duke of Lauderdale, 1616 - 1682. Statesman
About this artwork
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artist:Sir Peter Lely (1618 - 1680) English
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title:John Maitland, 2nd Earl and 1st Duke of Lauderdale, 1616 - 1682. Statesman
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date created:About 1665
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:124.40 x 101.60 cm; Framed: 148.50 x 124.50 x 10.00 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Purchased 1967
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accession number:PG 2128
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
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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 War. By the end of the Commonwealth, he was...
