Robert Peake the elder
English painter (1551-1619) · Artists · Died at 68
Robert Peake the Elder was an English painter active in the later part of Elizabeth I's reign and for most of the reign of James I. In 1604, he was appointed picture maker to the heir to the throne, Prince Henry; and in 1607, serjeant-painter to King James I - a post he shared with John De Critz.
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Portrait of Henry, Prince of Wales (centre right), who died aged eighteen, and at left John Harington, later 2nd Lord Harington of Exton, by Robert Peake the Elder, 1603 (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York). A variant version in which the prince is accompanied by Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, is in the Royal Collection, U.K., dated c. 1605
The Procession Picture, c. 1600, a well-known work showing Elizabeth I borne along by her courtiers (see below under Paintings). Sherborne Castle, Dorset.
Prince Henry, c. 1610. His foot rests on a shield bearing the device of the Prince of Wales, a title conferred on him the same year.
Inscription on the portrait of Anne Knollys
The Procession Picture (detail), c. 1600
Princess Elizabeth, later Queen of Bohemia, 1606; her grandson inherited the English throne as George I.![Henry, Prince of Wales, on Horseback, c. 1611. The winged figure of Time at right was revealed after cleaning.[54]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Henry_Frederick_Prince_of_Wales_on_Horseback.jpg/1280px-Henry_Frederick_Prince_of_Wales_on_Horseback.jpg)
Henry, Prince of Wales, on Horseback, c. 1611. The winged figure of Time at right was revealed after cleaning.[54]
Lady Elizabeth Pope, wearing a draped mantle and matching turban, c. 1615About this person
Category
Artists
Type
Artist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1551 to 1619 · aged 68
