Robert Peake the Elder
(circa 1551-1619), Portrait and decorative painterArtist associated with 7 portraits
Robert Peake the Elder was a 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 Prince Henry, and in 1607, serjeant-painter to King James I, a post he shared with John De Critz. Peake was the only English-born painter of a group of four artists whose workshops were closely connected. The others were De Critz, Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger, and the miniature painter Isaac Oliver. Peake was the father of William Peake, painter and printseller, and grandfather of Sir Robert Peake, printseller.
by Robert Peake the Elder, and studio of Robert Peake the Elder
oil on panel, circa 1610
NPG 4867
Princess Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia and Electress Palatine
by Robert Peake the Elder
oil on canvas, circa 1610
On display in Room 4 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 6113
The Procession Picture of Elizabeth I
by George Vertue, probably after Robert Peake the Elder
line engraving, 1742 (circa 1601)
NPG D31831
by Henry Bone, after Robert Peake the Elder
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, March 1819
NPG D17137
Sir William Pope, 1st Earl of Downe
by Robert Peake the Elder
oil on canvas, circa 1605
NPG L265
Henry, Prince of Wales; Sir John Harington
by R. Clamp, published by Edward Evans, after Silvester (Sylvester) Harding, after Robert Peake the Elder
stipple engraving, published 1796 (1603)
NPG D19732
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