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Dorothy, Lady Temple

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Dorothy, Lady Temple

by Caspar Netscher
oil on canvas, 1671
18 3/4 in. x 15 1/4 in. (476 mm x 387 mm)
Purchased, 1951
Primary Collection
NPG 3813

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  • Caspar Netscher (1639-1684), Dutch artist. Artist or producer associated with 9 portraits, Sitter in 2 portraits.

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  • NPG 3812: Sir William Temple, Bt (companion portrait)

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Current affairs

Anne Hyde, first wife of James, Duke of York, dies soon after the birth of their youngest child, Edgar.
Adventurer, Thomas Blood, attempts to steal the Crown Jewels, but in a political manoeuvre, the king pardons Blood in an impressive show of royal mercy.

Art and science

Dramatist, William Wycherley's play, Love in a Wood, staged at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, is watched by the king's former mistress, Barbara Villiers, with whom Wycherley would have an affair.
John Milton publishes epic poem, Paradise Regained together with another of his major works, the play, Samson Agonistes.

International

French Minister of Finance, Jean-Baptiste Colbert, founds Académie Royale d'Architecture. A patron of arts, Colbert, who greatly enriched the Louvre's collection, was charged with overseeing the cultural affairs of France, and was responsible for founding several national institutions in France, including, Académie des sciences and Observatoire de Paris.

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