Barbara Villiers (1640–1709), Duchess of Cleveland
1670 · Oil on canvas
89 x 54 in. (226.1 x 137.2 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Peter Lely
1618–1680
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15
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27
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The Taste of a Connoisseur: The Paul J. Sachs Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1966–1967
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Sir Peter Lely 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.
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