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Studio of Peter Lely  (1618–1680)  wikidata:Q161336
 
Studio of Peter Lely
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 Edit this at Wikidata 30 November 1680 Edit this at Wikidata
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
Haarlem (6 October 1637), London (1641-1680), Amsterdam (1656)
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Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Description
English: Portrait of Moll Davis (c.1648 - c.1708), mistress of Charles II of England
  • "The present portrait derives from a three-quarter length by Sir Peter Lely which depicts her with the unguent jar of St Mary Magdalen, placing her in the guise of the reformed sinner, as well as providing a witty conceit for the display of a very decolletage. It has not precisely been established whether this mode is employed by Lely and his contemporaries for the portrayal of mistresses alone, but references to the Magdalen occur also in a portrait of Hortense Mancini (the same composition as the present painting) and in a portrait of the lady known as Margaret Hughes (Tate Gallery). The popularity of portraits of Royal mistresses attests to the status that these women enjoyed in their heyday. The occupied a position of remarkable stardom, comparable to the great sex symbols of the twentieth century. Numerous repetitions of their portraits would be commissioned from Lely and thus produced by the artists of his studio, many of whom such as John Greenhill or Nicolas de Largilliere were to become considerable masters in their own right. Sometimes a single image might be reproduced consistently many years after the first appearance of their original. This is particularly true of Lely's paintings of the most popular mistress of them all, Barbara Villiers Duchess of Cleveland. The most eagerly-sought icons in the 1670s and 1680s were still often those based on sittings of the 1660s." [1]
Date circa 1665
date QS:P571,+1665-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 47.5 cm (18.7 in); width: 40.5 cm (15.9 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,47.5U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,40.5U174728
Object history Sold by Philip Mould [2]
Source/Photographer http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bild:Moll_Davis.jpg
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  • Moll Davis by Peter Lely, National Portrait Gallery
    Moll Davis by Peter Lely, National Portrait Gallery

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