Robert Peake
Robert Peake the Elder (c. 1551 to 1619) was an English painter under Elizabeth I and James I. In 1604 he was appointed official portraitist for the heir to the throne, Henry Frederick Stuart, Prince of Wales . From 1607 he shared the same post with John de Critz under King James I. Peake is often referred to as "the elder" to be recognized by his son, the painter William Peake (approx. 1580–1639), and by his grandson, Sir Robert Peake (approx. 1605–1667), to be distinguished.
Peake was the only English-born painter of a group of four artists whose intentions were very similar. The others were De Critz, Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger and the miniature painter Isaak Oliver . Between 1590 and 1625 these painters specialize in colorful full-figure costume pieces, which were unique in England at the time. It is not always possible to pinpoint the authorship for the many portraits, as Peake, De Critz, Gheeraerts and their assistants were so similar in their painting style.
Individual evidence
- ^ Strong, Roy C .: Elizabethan Painting - An Approach Through Inscriptions , 1: Robert Peake the Elder. The Burlington Magazine, Vol. 105, No. 719 (February 1963), pp. 53-57.
- ↑ There is nothing like them in contemporary European painting . Waterhouse, Painting in Britain, p. 41.
- ^ Waterhouse, Painting in Britain, p. 41.
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| SURNAME | Peake, Robert |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Peake, Robert the Elder (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1551 |
| DATE OF DEATH | around 1619 |