King Charles II (1630-1685)
after Sir Peter Lely (Soest 1618 – London 1680)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1680
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1140 x 940 mm
Order this imageCollection
Penrhyn Castle, Gwynedd
NT 1421749
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, King Charles II (1630-1685), after Sir Peter Lely (Soest 1618 – London 1680). A three-quarter-length portrait, left, standing to left.
Provenance
thence by descent to Hugh Napier Douglas Pennant, 4th Baron Penrhyn of Llangedai (1894 – 1949), who left Penryhn and its estates to his niece, Lady Janet Marcia Rose Pelham (1923 - 1997), who with her husband John Charles Harper, thereupon assumed the name of Douglas Pennant, and in 1951 made over the castle and part of its contents in lieu of death-duties to HM Treasury (from the estate of Hugh, 4th Baron Penrhyn (1894 – 1949), which transferred them to the National Trust
Credit line
Penrhyn Castle, The Douglas Pennant Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
after Sir Peter Lely (Soest 1618 – London 1680), artist