SIR PETER LELY (SOEST, WESTPHALIA 1618-1680 LONDON) AND STUDIO

Portrait of Barbara Villiers, Countess of Castlemaine and later Duchess of Cleveland (1640-1709), full-length, seated in a silver dress and blue drapery, a landscape beyond

Sir Peter Lely (Soest, Westphalia 1618-1680 London)

Double portrait said to be of Francis Lennard, 14th Baron Dacre (1619-1692), and Elizabeth, née Bayning, later Countess of Sheppey (1625-1686), three-quarter-length, the former in a black cloak, the latter in an oyster dress and blue wrap fastened with a brooch, seated before a red draped curtain, a wooded landscape beyond

Sir Peter Lely (Westphalia 1618-1680 London)

Portrait of a lady, traditionally identified as Barbara Palmer, née Villiers (1640-1709), Countess of Castlemaine and 1st Duchess of Cleveland, three-quarter-length, in a yellow dress, a coastal landscape beyond

SIR PETER LELY (SOEST, WESTPHALIA 1618-1680 LONDON)

The Carnarvon Family: Group portrait of Charles Dormer, 2nd Earl of Carnarvon (1632-1709), his wife Elizabeth, née the Hon. Elizabeth Capel (1633-1678), and their children Charles, Viscount Ascott (1652-before 1673) and Elizabeth, later Elizabeth Stanhope, Countess of Chesterfield (1653-1677)

Sir Peter Lely (BRITISH, 1618-1680)

Portrait of the Hon. Mrs Grimston, Afterwards Lady Elizabeth Grimston, in a blue dress, resting her left arm on a pedestal

Sir Peter Lely (Soest 1618-1680 London)

Portrait of Lady Mary Fane, later Countess of Exeter (1639-1681), three-quarter-length, in a brown dress and purple shawl

Sir Peter Lely (Westphalia 1618-1680 London)

Portrait of Nathaniel, 3rd Baron Crew of Stene, later Lord Bishop of Durham, when a young man, half-length, in a slashed black doublet and a lawn collar

Sir Peter Lely (Soest, Westphalia 1618-1680 London)

Portrait of a gentleman in black, bust-length

Sir Peter Lely (Westphalia 1618-1680 London)

Portrait of Diana Russell, Lady Newport (1624-1694), three-quarter-length, in an oyster satin dress embellished with jewels, in a wooded landscape

Sir Peter Lely (Soest, Westphalia 1618-1680 London)

Portrait of a gentleman, bust-length, in a dark doublet and white stock

Sir Peter Lely (Westphalia 1618-1680 London)

Portrait of a gentleman, half-length, in a brown coat and Mechlin lace cravat, in a sculpted cartouche

SIR PETER LELY (SOEST 1618-1680 LONDON)

Portrait of the Honorable Mrs Grimston, née Finch, afterwards Lady Elizabeth Grimston (1650-1675), three-quarter-length, in a blue dress, resting her left arm on a pedestal

Sir Peter Lely (Westphalia 1618-1680 London)

Portrait of a lady, half-length, in a blue dress and pearl earrings

Sir Peter Lely (Soest, Westphalia 1618-1680 London)

Portrait of Samuel Lee (b. 1639), half-length, in a brown cloak

Studio of Sir Peter Lely (Soest, Westphalia 1618-1680 London)

Portrait of King Charles II, bust-length, wearing a breastplate with a gold-embroidered coat and lace cravat

Studio of Sir Peter Lely (Westphalia 1618-1680 London)

Portrait of Barbara Villiers, Countess of Castlemaine, 1st Duchess of Cleveland (1640-1709), full-length, in a silver silk dress and green mantle

Sir Peter Lely (Soest, Westphalia 1618-1680 London)

Portrait of Lady Frances Norcliffe (1654-1731), bust-length, in a pale blue dress with a pearl clasp, in a sculpted cartouche

Studio of Sir Peter Lely

Portrait of Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth, seated three-quarter-length, in a brown silk dress with white chemise, in a landscape

SIR PETER LELY (SOEST 1618-1680 LONDON) AND STUDIO

Portrait of Aubrey de Vere, 20th Earl of Oxford (1627 -1703), three quarter-length, standing holding a sword, and Anne de Vere, neé Bayning, Countess of Oxford (1637-1659), three-quarter-length, seated, in a blue dress before a draped column

Studio of Sir Peter Lely (Soest, Westphalia 1618-1680 London)

Portrait of Anne Hyde, Duchess of York (1638-1671), full-length, in an ochre dress and rust wrap, holding a book, seated in a landscape, beside a waterfall

Sir Peter Lely (Soest, Westphalia 1618-1680 London) and Studio

Portrait of Anne Killigrew (c. 1660-1685), three-quarter-length, in a yellow dress, holding a porte crayon, by a table, a draped curtain, column and park landscape beyond

Studio of Sir Peter Lely (Soest, Westphalia 1618-1680 London)

Portrait of a girl, possibly Princess Isabella Stuart, daughter of King James II, full-length, with a garland of flowers in her hair, seated on a draped red velvet curtain, with a lamb, in a wooded landscape

Sir Peter Lely (Soest, Westphalia 1618-1680 London)

Portrait of Mary Lee, wife of Sir John Morley, half-length, in a yellow dress and blue mantle, with a pearl necklace

Circle of Sir Peter Lely (Soest, Westphalia 1618-1680 London)

Portrait of Prince Rupert of the Rhine, Duke of Cumberland (1619-1682), three-quarter-length, in a brown and black coat with red sash, holding a marshal's baton in his left hand, standing in front of a gold-brocaded curtain, in a landscape

Sir Peter Lely (Soest, Westphalia 1618-1680 London)

Portrait of a lady, traditionally identified as Elizabeth Murray, Lady Tollemache, later Countess of Dysart and Duchess of Lauderdale (1626-1698), half-length, in a blue dress and red wrap, wearing pearl earrings

Circle of Sir Peter Lely (Soest, Westphalia 1618-1680 London)

Portrait of Francis Cottington, 1st Baron Cottington ( c .1579-1652), full-length, in a black velvet doublet and gold chain, his left hand resting on the hilt of his sword

Circle of Sir Peter Lely (Soest 1618-1680 London)

Portrait of King Charles II (1638-1685), three-quarter length, in Garter robes and wearing the Order of the Garter

Sir Peter Lely (Soest 1618-1680 London)

Portrait of a gentleman, traditionally identified as Francis Crane of Loughton, half-length, in black robes

Sir Peter Lely (Soest 1618-1680 London)

Portrait of Sir Francis Popham of Littlecote, half-length, in a buff coat and armoured breastplate with red sash

Circle of Sir Peter Lely (British, 1618-1680)

Portrait of Lady Anne Compton as Diana the Huntress

Sir Peter Lely (Westphalia 1618-1680 London)

Portrait of lady, traditionally identified as Jane, wife of Sir Nicholas Pelham, bust-length, in a grey dress and pearls, in a sculpted cartouche

Sir Peter Lely (Westphalia 1618-1680 London)

Portrait of a lady, three-quarter-length, in a blue gown, holding a daisy chain, in a landscape

CIRCLE OF SIR PETER LELY (SOEST, WESTPHALIA 1618-1680 LONDON)

Portrait of Mary Bagot, Countess of Falmouth and Dorset (1645-1679), three-quarter-length, in a white chemise and blue cloak

Sir Peter Lely (Soest 1618-1680 London)

Study for a seated female portrait

Circle of Sir Peter Lely

Portrait of a lady, standing full-length, in a brown dress with a blue wrap and a pearl choker, by an ornate fountain and an orange tree

SIR PETER LELY (SOEST 1618-1680 LONDON) AND STUDIO

Elizabeth Noel, Viscountess Campden (1640-1683), seated three-quarter length, in a brown dress, before an oak tree, with a wooded landscape beyond

Circle of Sir Peter Lely (Soest, Westphalia 1618-1680 London)

Portrait of a lady erroneously identified as Anne Hyde, Duchess of York (1638-1671), three-quarter-length, in a brown dress and blue wrap, by a plinth

STUDIO OF SIR PETER LELY (SOEST, WESTPHALIA 1618-1680 LONDON)

Portrait of a girl, half-length, in a tromp l'oeil frame

Studio of Sir Peter Lely (Soest 1618-1680 London)

Portrait of Charles II, seated three-quarter-length, in a blue and gold robe, holding a staff, a column behind

Follower of Sir Peter Lely

Portrait of Queen Mary II as Princess of Orange, seated three-quarter-length, in a blue silk dress, a vase of flowers behind

Follower of Sir Peter Lely

Portrait of King James II (1633-1701), full-length, in Garter Robes

CIRCLE OF SIR PETER LELY (SOEST, WESTPHALIA 1618-1680 LONDON)

Double portrait of two gentlemen, half-length, dressed in red robes

Studio of Sir Peter Lely (Soest, Westphalia 1618-1680 London)

Portrait of a lady, seated three-quarter length, in a gold dress

Circle of Sir Peter Lely (Westphalia 1618-1680 London)

Portrait of Charles Hay, later 3rd Marquess of Tweeddale (1667-1715), and his brother, Lord John Hay (d. 1706), as children, both full-length, the former holding a basket of cherries, in a draped interior

Circle of Sir Peter Lely (Soest 1618-1680 London)

Portrait of Barbara Villiers (1641-1709), Countess of Castlemaine, later Duchess of Cleveland, three-quarter-length, in a blue dress with ermine trim, by an urn

Sir Peter Lely (Soest 1618-1680 London)

Portrait of a lady, possibly Laetitia Cheke, half-length, in brown, in a sculpted cartouche

Studio of Sir Peter Lely (Soest, Westphalia 1618-1680 London)

Portrait of Queen Catherine of Braganza, seated three-quarter-length

Manner of Sir Peter Lely

Portrait of a lady, formerly identified as Barbara Villiers, Countess of Castlemaine and 1 s t Duchess of Cleveland (1641-1709), three-quarter-length, in a red dress and blue mantle, in a rocky landscape

Circle of Sir Peter Lely (Soest, Westphalia 1618-1680 London)

Portrait of Sir Thomas Wriothesley (1607-1667), 4th Earl of Southampton, Lord High Treasurer (1660-1667), bust-length, in black with a lace collar, wearing the Star of the Order of the Garter

Circle of Sir Peter Lely (Soest, Westphalia 1618-1680 London)

Portrait of Lady Mordaunt, three-quarter-length, seated, in a brown dress and oyster satin wrap, by a column