LOT 746 Circle of Sir Peter Lely, portrait, oil on canvas
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Circle of Sir Peter Lely (1618-1680), Portrait of Princess Mary, three quarter length, when Mary of York, as Diana, oil on canvas, 90 x 73cm Notes: There are a number of versions of this portrait with the two most notable held in the Hampton Court Collection of 'Beauties' and the National Trust house Lytes Cary Manor. The Windsor Beauties were the ladies of the court of Charles II and Princess Mary, his niece, was a prominent figure. The future Queen Mary II of England, Scotland and Ireland from 1662-1694 (co-reigning with her husband King William) she is depicted in this portrait as Diana, the Goddess of Hunting, whose celestrial attributes were understood to be principally inaccessability, virginity and purity.
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