Barbara Villiers, later Duchess of Cleveland (1640–1709)
Artist
Sir Peter Lely and Studio
Dutch, 1618–1680, active in England circa 1643–1680
Datecirca 1662–1665
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions50 x 40 in. (127 x 101.6 cm)
Frame: 54 3/4 x 44 3/8 x 2 3/4 in. (139.1 x 112.7 x 7 cm)
Frame: 54 3/4 x 44 3/8 x 2 3/4 in. (139.1 x 112.7 x 7 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineGift of the Van Diemen - Lilienfeld Galleries and the Dalzell Hatfield Galleries in memory of William R. Valentiner
Object numberG.59.18.1
On View
Not on viewJohn Hayes, British Paintings of the Sixteenth through Nineteenth Centuries, The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue (Cambridge University Press, n.d.), mentioned 164.
Masterpieces of Art: In Memory of William R. Valentiner, 1880-1958 (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1959), cat. no. 97, illus. (b-w) 159, fig. 97.
British Paintings to 1900: Catalogue of Paintings, Vol. 2, 2nd ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1969), no. 95, illus. (b-w).
Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Masterpieces of Art: In Memory of William R. Valentiner, 1880-1958," April 6-May 7, 1959, cat. no. 97, illus. (b-w).
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, “History and Mystery: Discoveries in the NCMA British Collection,” August 6, 2016–June 25, 2017. Object Rights Statement
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Sir Peter Lely and Studio
circa 1661
Sir David Wilkie
1834
