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Science and the Arts in the 17th Century
This room has as its central focus a portrait of the diarist John Evelyn, one of two portraits with skulls in this space. The displays includes portraits of John Milton, William Harvey and John Bunyan, and two artist self-portraits in the corners of the room - Mary Beale and Sir Peter Lely.
Room introductionRoom 6: miniature case
14 portraits on display in Room 6 at the National Portrait Gallery
Sir Theodore Turquet de Mayerne
by Unknown artist
oil on canvas, feigned oval, probably after 1625
On display in Room 6 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 6538
attributed to Daniel Mytens
oil on canvas, circa 1627
On display in Room 6 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 5115
by Unknown artist
oil on canvas, feigned oval, circa 1629
On display in Room 6 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 4222
by Sir Anthony Van Dyck
oil on canvas, circa 1633-1634
On display in Room 6 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 5727
by Sir Peter Lely
oil on canvas, circa 1648
On display in Room 6 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 6007
by Robert Walker
oil on canvas, 1648
On display in Room 6 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 6179
attributed to Thomas De Critz
oil on canvas, 1652
On display in Room 6 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 1089
by Unknown artist
oil on canvas, circa 1655-1660
On display in Room 6 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 554
by Mary Beale
oil on canvas, circa 1665
On display in Room 6 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 1687
by John Michael Wright
oil on canvas, circa 1669-1670
On display in Room 6 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 225
by Isaac Fuller
oil on canvas, circa 1670
On display in Room 6 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 2104
by Thomas Sadler
oil on canvas, 1684
On display in Room 6 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 1311
after Johann Kerseboom
oil on canvas, (circa 1689-1690)
On display in Room 6 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 3930
by Thomas Murray
oil on canvas, circa 1697-1698
On display in Room 6 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 538
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