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| Keywords: Peter Lely - Portrait of P Lenéve, Alderman of Norwich - Walters 37231.jpg Lely trained in the Dutch Republic but immigrated to England in the mid-1640s His portrait style combining elegance with a vigorous sense for textures was influenced by that of Sir Anthony van Dyck Lely was politically flexible after working for Charles I overthrown and executed in 1647 and then for the rising middle class such as Alderman Lenéve Lely worked again for the court after the restoration of the monarchy in 1660 From the 1650s to his death he was England's principal portrait painter and was widely described as the best artist in England He was knighted shortly before his death in 1680 between 1656 1658 Baroque Oil on canvas cm 123 5 101 5 ; Framed cm 151 13 126 68 7 94 accession number 37 231 15817 Mr P and Mrs I Lenève Norwich 1759 Horace Walpole Strawberry Hill Middlesex England 1842 mode of acquisition unknown Sale Strawberry Hill May 18-21 1842 Catalog of the Classic Contents of Strawberry Hill Collected by Horace Walpole p 213 no 61 was a portrait of the sitter's wife no 60 Mr Downe date and mode of acquisition unknown Sir Hugh Hume Campbell Bart prior to 1883-1894 mode of acquisition unknown Sale Christie's London June 16 1894 Catalog Christie Manson Woods no 34 David H King date and mode of acquisition unknown Sale American Art Association New York March 31 1905 no 55 Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1905 The England of William Penn Palmer Museum of Art University Park 1982 Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill Yale Center for British Art New Haven; Victoria and Albert Museum London 2009-2010 place of origin London England United Kingdom Walters Art Museum license 2D Baroque paintings in the Walters Art Museum Male portraits by Peter Lely Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
