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The Family of James, Duke of York
Artist
Peter Lely  (1618–1680)  wikidata:Q161336
 
Peter Lely
Alternative names
Sir Peter Lely, Peter Lelio, Peter Lilley, Peter Lilly, Peter Lylly, Pieter Lelij, Birth name: Pieter van der Faes
Description Dutch painter and art collector
Date of birth/death 14 September 1618 Edit this at Wikidata 30 November 1680 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Soest London
Work period between circa 1637 and circa 1680
date QS:P,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1637-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1680-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Work location
Haarlem (6 October 1637), London (1641-1680), Amsterdam (1656)
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q161336
after Lely's death, the painting was completed by
Benedetto Gennari II  (1633–1715)  wikidata:Q1648946
 
Benedetto Gennari II
Description painter
Date of birth/death 19 October 1633 Edit this at Wikidata 9 December 1715 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Cento Bologna
Work location
Bologna (1643–1672); France (1688–1692); Great Britain (1674–1688); Paris (1672–1674); Bologna (1690–1715) Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q1648946
Title
The Family of James, Duke of York
Description
English: The Duke (later King James II and VII) and Duchess of York (previously Anne Hyde) were painted by Peter Lely in between 1668 and 1670. Their two daughters, Mary (left) and Anne (right), later Queen Mary II and Queen Anne, were added by Benedetto Gennari in or after 1680. Windsor Castle is in the background.

"This group portrait is based upon a double portrait design by Lely of the Duke and Duchess of York, of which other versions exist, the finest being at Petworth. Lely presumably started a version in around 1668-70 which was also to include the Duke's two daughters. The figures and the curtain had probably only been blocked in by Lely before his death in 1680, after which Benedetto Gennari was commissioned to finish the composition.

The contrast between the two artist's approach to depicting costume is evident when comparing the plain brown silk satin dress of the Duchess of York, which is of a colour and simple construction favoured by Lely, with the clothing of Princess Mary, whose dress by contrast is of a densely brocaded blue silk with a pleated waistline and leading strings attached to the shoulders." [1]
Date circa 1668-1685
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 168.6 cm (66.3 in); width: 194 cm (76.3 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,168.6U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,194.0U174728
institution QS:P195,Q1459037
institution QS:P195,Q42646
Current location
Queen's Drawing Room
Accession number
RCIN 405879
Object history Provenance: Purchased by Queen Mary
Source/Photographer http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/collection/405879/james-ii-when-duke-of-york-with-anne-hyde-princess-mary-later-mary-ii

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