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Peter Lely

1618 - 1680

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Sir Peter Lely (14 September 1618 – 30 November 1680) was a painter of Dutch origin whose career was nearly all spent in England, where he became the dominant portrait painter to the court. He became a naturalised British subject and was knighted in 1679. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Lely is the 927th most popular painter (down from 749th in 2019), the 2,663rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,069th in 2019) and the 87th most popular German Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Peter Lely ranks 927 out of 2,023. Before him are Cornelis Cort, Plautilla Nelli, Joseph Anton Koch, Adolf Ziegler, Johann Liss, and Abraham van Beijeren. After him are Simon de Vlieger, Charles Joshua Chaplin, Matthew Paris, Xia Gui, Aert van der Neer, and Jan Porcellis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1618, Peter Lely ranks 10. Before him are Jeremiah Horrocks, Hishikawa Moronobu, Ivan Bohun, François Pierre La Varenne, François Blondel, and Vittoria Farnese. After him are Juraj Križanić, Jan Dirksz Both, Michiel Sweerts, Mariana de Jesús de Paredes, Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy, and Simon Arnauld, Marquis de Pomponne. Among people deceased in 1680, Peter Lely ranks 27. Before him are John Eudes, Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, Per Brahe the Younger, Joachim Neander, Li Yu, and Yun Hyu. After him are Frans Post, John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, Pierre-Paul Riquet, Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels, Marco Uccellini, and Symeon of Polotsk.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Peter Lely ranks 2,664 out of 7,253. Before him are Hennes Weisweiler (1919), Gundula Janowitz (1937), Mats Hummels (1988), Walter Gotell (1924), Philippine Welser (1527), and Anton Walter (1752). After him are Princess Christine of Hesse-Rotenburg (1717), Albert II, Duke of Saxony (1250), Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna of Russia (1907), Christian Otto Mohr (1835), Ernest Casimir I, Count of Nassau-Dietz (1573), and Heinz Hoffmann (1910).

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Among PAINTERS In Germany

Among painters born in Germany, Peter Lely ranks 87. Before him are Walter Sickert (1860), Felix Nussbaum (1904), Louise Catherine Breslau (1856), Abraham Mignon (1640), Adolf Ziegler (1892), and Johann Liss (1597). After him are Wilhelm Leibl (1844), Gerhard von Kügelgen (1772), Master Francke (1380), Max Slevogt (1868), Jörg Immendorff (1945), and Hans von Marées (1837).

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