Peter Oliver (painter)
Peter Oliver (1594 – December 1648) was an English miniaturist.
Born in Isleworth, Middlesex,[citation needed] he was the eldest son of Isaac Oliver, a French-born English portrait miniature painter, probably by his first wife. When he died, Isaac Oliver left his finished and unfinished drawings for Peter, with the hope that he would live to exercise the art of his father. Isaac's other sons appear to have been under-age at the time of his death, and were probably therefore by a later wife than Peter's mother. Peter Oliver resided at Isleworth, and was buried beside his father at St Annes, Blackfriars.[1]
He was even more eminent in miniature painting than his father, and is specially remarkable for a series of copies in
Montagu House, Sherborne Castle, Minley Manor, Belvoir Castle and in the private collection of Queen Wilhelmina.[1]
Notes
- ^ a b Williamson 1911, p. 88.
References
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Williamson, George Charles (1911). "Oliver, Peter". In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 20 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 88.
External links
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- . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 42. 1895. p. 149.
- Miniatures by Peter Oliver (National Portrait Gallery, London)
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