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Lely, Sir Peter
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Lely, Sir Peter (lē`lē), 1618–80, Dutch portrait painter in England. His original name was Pieter van der Faes. He studied in Haarlem but worked in England from c.1643. After the death of Van Dyck he became court painter in 1661. Lely painted in turn the great figures of the court of Charles I, the Protectorate, and the Restoration. His portraits are colorful, elegant, and flattering. Examples of his work are to be seen in the National Portrait Gallery, London, and at Hampton Court. The Metropolitan Museum has several of his portraits, including those of Sir Henry Capel and Barbara Villiers.

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HE TOOK out a training licence and hit the ground running, steadily building up his Middleham yard into one of the most powerful in the north, with the likes of Grand National fourth Sir Peter Lely, hurdlers Deep Water and Valiant Warrior and ill-fated two-mile chaser Clay County - who was put down after suffering an attack of colic just two weeks after finishing runner-up in the Victor Chandler Chase - keeping him among the winners.
Chill winds of economy blow through stables of Middleham; The fiscal ... by The Racing Post (London, England)
At least two contemporaries of Peter Lely complained that the faces in his portraits resembled each other,' writes Abrahams, 'one even suggesting that he was too fond of studying his own features.
Why portraits look so like the artist by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
The Plague struck London and she fled to Hampton Palace, during which time Sir Peter Lely painted a famous series known as the "Beauties".
An inspiration for Britannia by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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