Sir Peter Lely (14 September, 1618 - 30 November, 1680) was a painter of Dutch origin. He was the most popular portrait artist in England from soon after he arrived in the country in the 1640s to his death. He also owned a major collection of art, especially drawings by other artists. Lely was born Pieter van der Faes to Dutch parents in Soest in Westphalia, where his father was an officer serving in the armed forces of the Elector of Brandenburg. Wikipedia
Biography of Sir Peter Lely (1618 80) Portrait painter and collector of Old Masters prints and drawings, active in England from the early 1640s. www.nmm.ac.uk/mag/pages/mnuInDepth/Biography.cfm?biog=206
The definitive Wikipedia entry for Peter Lely. Wikipedia is the biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Lely
Web Gallery of Art, image collection, virtual museum and searchable database of European fine arts (painting, sculpture) of the Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, Neoclassicism and Romanticism periods (1100-1850), containing over 18.400 reproductions. Biograph www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/bio/l/lely/biograph.html
His real name was van der Faes, but Peter Lely took his nickname after a family home with a lily on its gable. Born in Germany to Dutch parents, by 1637 he was Pieter Lely at the Guild of Saint Luke in Haarlem, where he trained. Ten years later he was i www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artMakerDetails?maker=222&pa...
