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ANTIQUE #SA1115705

Late 17th Century English School The Bath Of Diana - Circle Of Sir Peter Lely (1618-1680)

£17,250    $21,852    €20,816
Period Portraits are proud to present this large scale, richly coloured and romantic late 17th century English school oil on canvas of the goddess Diana and her attendants. They bathe in a forest clearing adjacent to a stone fountain, in a scene that anticipates the arrival of Acteon.
 
The fountain itself includes classical figures and a putti who relieves himself into the basin below. The goddess Diana holds a rose in her left hand and she dabs the fingers of her right hand in hand in a golden bowl. This bowl is held by a woman of African heritage, a significant inclusion in an English work of this period.
 
The evident quality of this work demonstrates a confident and experienced hand. This is particularly notable in the restrained and refined colour palette, the flesh tones and shimmering drapery.
 
This work is in an excellent state of conservation and is ready to hang an enjoy in a later quality silvered antique style frame by Tanous.
 
The prime version of this work can be seen in the collection of The Yale Centre for British Art.
 
Sir Peter Lely (1618-1660) (Born Soest, Westphalia, 14 September 1618; died London, 30 November 1680). Painter of Dutch origin who spent almost all his career in England and was naturalized in 1662. His family name was originally van der Faes, and the name Lely is said to have come from a lily carved on the house in The Hague where his father was born. Lely was born in Germany (where his father, a captain of infantry, was stationed) and trained in Haarlem.
 
He moved to England in the early 1640s (early biographers say 1641 or 1643), and although he first painted figure compositions in landscapes (Sleeping Nymphs, c.1650, Dulwich Picture Gal., London), he soon turned to the more profitable field of portraiture.
 
Fortune shone on him, for within a few years of his arrival the best portraitists in England disappeared from the scene: van Dyck a...
Antique #SA1115705, shown on this page, originates from the 17th century. For historical context, the timeline below highlights the period when it was made:
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