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Sir Peter Lely: Quick Facts

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Facts

Also Known As Pieter Lelye • Pieter van der Faes
Born September 14, 1618 • Soest • Germany
Died December 7, 1680 (aged 62) • London
Movement / Style Baroque art and architecture • English school • Stuart style

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Sir Peter Lely, etching after a painting by the artist.
Sir Peter Lely: portrait of Charles II
Sir Peter Lely: Arthur Capel, 1st earl of Essex
Fell, portrait by Sir Peter Lely; in the City Art Gallery, Bristol, county of Avon
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Lauzun, detail of a portrait by Sir Peter Lely
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Sir William Temple, detail of a painting attributed to Peter Lely, 1660; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Cornelis Tromp, detail of an oil painting by Sir Peter Lely and Willem van de Velde; in the Nederlandsch Historisch Scheepvaart Museum, Amsterdam
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