#peter lely

1650s Diana Russell, Lady Newport - Peter Lely vs Maria Giovanna Battista di Savoia-Nemours - Charles and Henri Beaubrun

Both Lely and the Beaubruns were the top portrait artists for their respective countries for a while, though Lely had a much lengthier stay at the top of the British art world than the Beaubruns, who already by the 1660s were losing popularity

Queen Anne When a Child (1667-68) by Peter Lely

Let it be supposed possible to perceive the thoughts and feelings of a human being without hearing his words with the physical ear; such a perception might be comparable to a direct comprehension of the imaginative element referred to as “hearing” in the spiritual sense. What “speaks” are the color and light impressions. In lighting-up and dimming-down, in the color metamorphosis of images are revealed harmonies and discords that unveil the feelings, representations, and thought life of soul and spirit beings. … So is the world of Inspiration placed within the Imaginative world. When the Imaginations begin to unveil their meanings in “silent speech” to the observer, the world of Inspiration arises within the Imaginative world.