Portrait of a Lady Wearing a Brown Dress by the Studio of Sir Peter Lely (1618-1680)

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Description: Sir Peter Lely's most captivating portraits are those of women. Within Charles II's court at Westminister, women became powerful not solely through marriage but by flirtation and above all through their beauty. Courtiers and the King himself openly took mistresses, and sensuality in looks and dress was highly fashionable amongst Peter Lely's female patrons. Beginning his career as a painter after the death of Sir Anthony Van Dyck, Sir Peter Lely became the most respected and wealthy painter of his day. For two years, he was a pupil to Franz Pieterszon de Grebber in Haarlem, and from 1637 onwards he accompanied William II of Orange to England until, in 1641, the prince married the daughter of Charles I in London. He fell into favour with the King and the nobles, and during the Civil War, he painted a portrait of Charles I in prison shortly before his execution. He also painted an effigy of the Leader of the Commonwealth, Oliver Cromwell. In 1660, Charles II gave Peter Lely the title of 'Court Painter.' He was knighted, and was appointed chamberlain which entitled him to a fixed pension and it became the height of English fashion to be painted by him in his studio in Convent Garden. He became through his private studio and work for the court an extremely wealthy man. Sir Peter Lely's influence spread as far as America through the intermediary of Thomas Smith. His influence can also be seen in the portraits of his contemporaries Mary Beale, Gerard Uilenburg, J.B. Jaspers (called 'Lely's Baptist'), and also in the work of pupils John Greenhell, William Wissing, and J.Buckshorn.

Status: Sold	Reference#: 1180
Condition: Cleaned and re-lined, no inpainting.	Year: c. 1650
Country: United Kingdom	Maker: Studio of Sir Peter Lely (1618-1680)
Height: 24 in. (60.96 cm)
Width: 20 in. (50.80 cm)
Title: Portrait of a Lady Wearing a Brown Dress, c. 1650	Style: 17th Century
Materials: Oil on canvas	Type: Oil on canvas

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