The Art of Sir Peter Lely

Sir Peter Lely (1618 – 1680) was born into a Dutch family that was living in Germany and was originally named Pieter van der Faes. He trained in Haarlem, but in the 1640s he moved to England, where he spend most of his working life. (Lely, Sir Peter. Diane Kirke, later Countess of Oxford. c. 1665. oil on canvas. Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut, US.) His early English