Dutch portrait painter peter
Demand was high, and Lely and his large workshop were prolific.Though his masterpieces include portraits and landscapes, Rubens is perhaps best known for his religious and mythological compositions. Lely became a naturalised English subject in 1662. Peter Paul Rubens, (born June 28, 1577, Siegen, Nassau, Westphalia Germanydied May 30, 1640, Antwerp, Spanish Netherlands now in Belgium), Flemish painter who was the greatest exponent of Baroque painting’s dynamism, vitality, and sensuous exuberance.Sir Peter Lely was the leading portrait painter working in England at the court of. After the English Restoration in 1660, Lely was appointed as Charles II's Principal Painter in Ordinary in 1661, with a stipend of £200 per year. Circle of Sir Peter Lely, Dutch, (1618-1680), Portrait of a Lady.In the years around 1650 the poet Sir Richard Lovelace wrote two poems about Lely – Peinture and "See what a clouded majesty.His talent ensured that his career was not interrupted by Charles's execution, and he served Oliver Cromwell, whom he painted "warts and all", and Richard Cromwell. Last summer, Peter Engels painted the live portrait of the Dutch pop artist Loes Van Delft, who has also exhibited several times in the Never Give Up.He became a freeman of the Painter-Stainers' Company in 1647 and was portrait artist to Charles I.Lely's portraits were well received, and he succeeded Anthony van Dyck (who had died in 1641) as the most fashionable portrait artist in England.You can easily improve your search by specifying the number of letters in the answer. Below are all possible answers to this clue ordered by its rank. We think the likely answer to this clue is LELY.