File:Dwarf (after Peter Lely) Royal College of Physicians.jpg

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anonymous: A Dwarf  wikidata:Q113577874 reasonator:Q113577874
Artist
After Peter Lely  (1618–1680)  wikidata:Q161336
 
After Peter Lely
Alternative names
Sir Peter Lely, Peter Lelio, Peter Lilley, Peter Lilly, Peter Lylly, Pieter Lelij, Birth name: Pieter van der Faes
Description Dutch painter and art collector
Date of birth/death 14 September 1618 Edit this at Wikidata 30 November 1680 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Soest Edit this at Wikidata London
Work period between circa 1637 and circa 1680
date QS:P,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1637-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1680-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Work location
Haarlem (6 October 1637), London (1641-1680), Amsterdam (1656)
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artist QS:P170,Q4233718,P1877,Q161336
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
A Dwarf
label QS:Len,"A Dwarf"
label QS:Lde,"Ein Zwerg"
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Description

A Dwarf (Probably Richard Gibson, 1615–1690)

This portrait is thought to show Richard Gibson (1615–1690), a celebrated artist and miniaturist. Gibson’s birthplace is uncertain, but he was first employed as a page to ‘a Lady at Mortlack’ (or Mortlake) who noticed his talent for drawing and apprenticed him to Francis Cleyn (c.1582–1658) at Mortlake tapestry works. His future wife, Ann Sheppard (married 14 February 1641) was also in this household. Both Gibson and his wife were of short stature. Gibson’s height was 3 feet 10 inches (117cm).

Gibson moved in exalted circles and became wealthy and eminent, signing his paintings ‘RG’ and ‘DG’ (Dwarf Gibson). He was associated with the courts of Charles I, Charles II and James II, who appointed him drawing master to his daughters, Mary and Anne.

This portrait of Gibson, painted in the nineteenth century by an anonymous artist, is similar to a portrait of Gibson by Sir Peter Lely (1618–1680), now in the National Portrait Gallery.
Date 19th century
date QS:P571,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
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Dimensions height: 73.6 cm (28.9 in); width: 60.9 cm (23.9 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,73.6U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,60.9U174728
institution QS:P195,Q16003969
Source/Photographer Art UK

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