Peter Lely: Portrait of P. Lenéve, Alderman of Norwich
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Artist |
Peter Lely
(1618–1680) |
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Alternative names |
Sir Peter Lely, Peter Lelio, Peter Lilley, Peter Lilly, Peter Lylly, Pieter Lelij, Birth name: Pieter van der Faes |
Description |
Dutch painter and art collector |
Date of birth/death |
14 September 1618 |
30 November 1680 |
Location of birth/death |
Soest |
London |
Work period |
between circa 1637 and circa 1680 date QS:P,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1637-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1680-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 |
Work location |
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Authority file |
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artist QS:P170,Q161336 |
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Title |
Portrait of P. Lenéve, Alderman of Norwich |
Object type |
painting |
Genre |
portrait |
Description |
English: Lely trained in the Dutch Republic but immigrated to England in the mid-1640s. His portrait style combining elegance with a vigorous sense for textures was influenced by that of Sir Anthony van Dyck. Lely was politically flexible: after working for Charles I (overthrown and executed in 1647) and then for the rising middle class (such as Alderman Lenéve), Lely worked again for the court after the restoration of the monarchy in 1660. From the 1650s to his death, he was England's principal portrait painter and was widely described as "the best artist in England." He was knighted shortly before his death in 1680. |
Date |
between 1656 and 1658 date QS:P571,+1656-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1656-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1658-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 (Baroqueera QS:P2348,Q37853 ) |
Medium |
oil on canvas medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259 |
Dimensions |
height: 123.5 cm (48.6 in); width: 101.5 cm (39.9 in) dimensions QS:P2048,123.5U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,101.5U174728 ; Framed height: 151.1 cm (59.5 in); width: 126.6 cm (49.8 in); depth: 7.9 cm (3.1 in)dimensions QS:P2048,151.13U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,126.68U174728 dimensions QS:P5524,7.94U174728 |
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q210081 |
Accession number |
37.231 |
Place of creation |
London, England, United Kingdom |
Object history |
- Mr. P. and Mrs. I. Lenève, Norwich, 1759
- Horace Walpole, Strawberry Hill, Middlesex, England, 1842 [mode of acquisition unknown]
- Sale, Strawberry Hill, May 18-21, 1842 [Catalog of the Classic Contents of Strawberry Hill Collected by Horace Walpole, p. 213
- no. 61 was a portrait of the sitter's wife], no. 60
- Mr. Downe [date and mode of acquisition unknown]
- Sir Hugh Hume Campbell, Bart, prior to 1883-1894 [mode of acquisition unknown]
- Sale, Christie's, London, June 16, 1894, [Catalog, Christie, Manson & Woods] no. 34
- David H. King [date and mode of acquisition unknown]
- Sale, American Art Association, New York, March 31, 1905, no. 55
- 1905: purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore
- 1931: bequeathed to Walters Art Museum by Henry Walters
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Exhibition history |
The England of William Penn. Palmer Museum of Art, University Park. 1982. Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill. Yale Center for British Art, New Haven; Victoria and Albert Museum, London. 2009-2010. |
Credit line |
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1905 |
References |
Walters Art Museum artwork ID: 15817 |
Source |
Walters Art Museum: Home page Info about artwork |
Permission (Reusing this file) |
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