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Studio of Sir Peter Lely

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Dutch
Birth/Death
1616-1680

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Barbara Villiers, later Duchess of Cleveland (1640-1709)

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Artwork by Studio of Sir Peter Lely
Work of Art
Barbara Villiers, later Duchess of Cleveland (1640-1709)

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Sir Peter Lely was born to Dutch parents and trained in Haarlem. His career was centered in London, where he gained fame for portraiture and employed a large workshop. After Anthony van Dyck’s death, Lely served as the most fashionable portrait painter in England.

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Sir Peter Lely (Dutch: [ˈliːlɪ]; 14 September 1618 – 30 November 1680) was a painter of Dutch origin whose career was nearly all spent in England, where he became the dominant portrait painter to the court. He became a naturalised English subject and was knighted in 1680 by King Charles II.