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Victoria and Albert Museum
Drawing

Drawing, Peter Lely, ca. 1650-1680

Peter Lely, portrait

Peter LelyEnglish, 1618–1680

Drawing

ca. 1650-1680 · Drawing · 25.9 × 20.8 cm

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Victoria and Albert Museum

London, United Kingdom

It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.

Checked: 7 days ago
In this state since: Sep 25, 2026
Source: The museum's own collection data

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About the work

The Dutch painter Peter Lely was the first artist in England to produce drawn (rather than painted) portraits. These were intended to be framed and hung in the same way as oil paintings, and they were highly regarded; an early writer remarked that they were ‘commonly reckon’d the most valuable of his Pieces, which were all done entirely by his own Hand, without any other Assistance’.

Victoria and Albert Museum

Particulars

ca. 1650-1680

16181680

Accession number: DYCE.373

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In the catalog

Sources

Victoria and Albert Museum: the museum's own open data · fetched 7 days ago
Image: Victoria and Albert Museum — © Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Meanwhile, in the life of Peter Lely

1641–1680 · Workplace
London
1656 · Workplace
Amsterdam
1661
Post: Principal Painter in Ordinary
30 November 1680
Died

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Portrait of Lady Penelope Spencer, Sir Peter Lely, late 1660s

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late 1660s · Minneapolis Institute of Art

Mary Capel (1630–1715), Later Duchess of Beaufort, and Her Sister Elizabeth (1633–1678), Countess of Carnarvon, Sir Peter Lely

Mary Capel (1630–1715), Later Duchess of Beaufort, and Her Sister Elizabeth (1633–1678), Countess of Carnarvon

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Sir Henry Capel (1638–1696), Sir Peter Lely

Sir Henry Capel (1638–1696)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Study for a Portrait of a Woman, Sir Peter Lely, 1670s

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1670s · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Portrait d'homme, probablement Richard Boyle, 1er comte de Burlington (1612-1698), Lely, Peter, 2e moitié du XVIIe siècle (vers 1658 - 1660)

Portrait d'homme, probablement Richard Boyle, 1er comte de Burlington (1612-1698)

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Portrait of Mrs. Leneve, Peter Lely, c. 1657

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c. 1657 · The Cleveland Museum of Art

John Wilmot, Second Earl of Rochester, Peter Lely, ca. 1677

John Wilmot, Second Earl of Rochester

ca. 1677 · Victoria and Albert Museum

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Ghiberti: design for a mosaic in the Museum (the 'Kensington Valhalla'), Edward Henry Wehnert, mid 1860s

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Drawing — Peter Lely · ART WIKI