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RCIN 404957. This picture forms one of the ‘Windsor Beauties’ series, a set of eleven portraits of celebrated women at the Restoration court painted by Sir Peter Lely. The series was apparently commissioned or at least assembled by Anne Hyde, Duchess of York, probably around 1662-5. Pepys recorded on 21 August 1668 that he ‘did first see ...
Barbara Villiers was Charles II's principal mistress between 1660 and 1670 and the most powerful woman at court. She devoted much energy to public demonstrations of the king's favour through displays of jewels and wealth. She was painted frequently by Lely, who described her beauty as ‘beyond the compass of art’. Cat. 57
27 de nov. de 2023 · George Villiers wasn’t the only Villiers member to have a close relationship with King Charles II. As the only child of the 1st Duke of Buckingham’s half-nephew, Barbara Palmer was perhaps the most prominent mistress of the ruling monarch. Though she was married twice, her relationship with the King produced many offspring.
5 de abr. de 2024 · The real story behind the duo was in many ways even stranger than the new fictionalized retelling. James indeed lavished wealth and status on his much-younger male favorite, George Villiers ...
4 de abr. de 2020 · Barbara Palmer (née Villiers), Duchess of Cleveland with her son, probably Charles Fitzroy, as the Virgin and Child (c. 1664), Peter Lely. National Portrait Gallery, London Mazarin’s semi-nudity in the Diana portrait – her right breast exposed by the casual folds of her robes – is an important part of the picture’s statement about female power.
Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland (1641-1709) c.1660-61. RCIN 420109
13 de abr. de 2024 · Barbara Villiers figures prominently in Bernard Shaw's play In Good King Charles's Golden Days. Barbara is the protagonist in Royal Mistress, by Patricia Campbell Horton (1977) Barbara Palmer née Villiers, as Countess of Castlemaine, features prominently in Kathleen Winsor's scandalous 1944 bestseller "Forever Amber".
