Ancient Painting From The English School Of The XVIII Century

DIMENSIONS 100 X 125 CM Portrait of a lady from the school of Peter Lely Sir Peter Lely (September 14, 1618 - December 7, 1680) was a painter of Dutch origin whose career was spent almost entirely in England, where he became the dominant portrait painter at court. Lely was born Pieter van der Faes to Dutch parents in Soest in Westphalia, where his father was an officer serving in the armed forces of the Elector of Brandenburg. Lely studied painting in Haarlem, where he may have been apprenticed to Pieter de Grebber. He became master of the Guild of Saint Luke in Haarlem in 1637. He is said to have adopted the surname "Lely" (also sometimes spelled Lilly) from a heraldic lily on the gable of the house where his father was born in The Hague . He arrived in London around 1643. His early English paintings, mostly mythological or religious scenes, or portraits in a pastoral landscape, show influences from Anthony van Dyck and Dutch Baroque. Lely's portraits were well received and succeeded Anthony van Dyck (died 1641) as England's most fashionable portrait painter. He became a freeman of the Compagnie des Peintres-Teigneurs in 1647 and was a portrait painter to Charles I.