Materials & Techniques: canvas / Collection: Paintings and Sculpture / Period: 17th century

1. Bartholomew Beale

Creator:: Mary Beale, 1633–1699
Date:: 1663-64
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on paper laid to canvas
Dimensions:: 14 × 11 inches (35.6 × 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: On view at YUAG

2. Elizabeth FitzGerald, Countess of Kildare

Creator:: Willem Wissing, ca. 1656–1687
Date:: ca. 1684
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 49 1/2 x 39 3/4 inches (125.7 x 101 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

3. Mary of Modena

Creator:: Willem Wissing, ca. 1656–1687
Date:: between 1685 and 1687
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 49 7/16 x 40 3/8 inches (125.6 x 102.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

4. Portrait of a Man, probably Sir Francis Godolphin

Creator:: Cornelius Johnson, 1593–1661
Date:: 1633
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 31 × 24 1/2 inches (78.7 × 62.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

5. A View of Bayhall, Pembury, Kent

Creator:: Jan Siberechts, 1627–ca. 1703
Date:: ca. 1675
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 45 x 69 inches (114.3 x 175.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. Sir John Corbet of Adderley, 3rd Baronet

Creator:: John Michael Wright, 1617–1694
Date:: between 1673 and 1676
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 50 x 40 inches (127 x 101.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund, and Friends of British Art Fund
On View:: Not on view

7. Lady Frances Savile, Later Lady Brudenell

Creator:: Sir Peter Lely, 1618–1680
Date:: ca. 1668
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 1/4 x 25 1/8 inches (76.8 x 63.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

8. Frances Hales

Creator:: John Riley, 1646–1691
Date:: ca. 1685
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 3/8 x 25 1/4 inches (77.2 x 64.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

9. Edward Pierce

Creator:: Isaac Fuller, 1606/20–1672
Date:: ca. 1670
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 49 × 40 inches (124.5 × 101.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

10. Lucretia

Creator:: Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1646–1723
Date:: between 1672 and 1675
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 x 25 inches (76.2 x 63.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

11. James I of England (James VI of Scotland)

Creator:: Attributed to Paul van Somer, ca. 1576–1621
Date:: ca. 1618
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 86 1/4 × 54 3/4 inches (219.1 × 139.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

12. Hare Hunting

Creator:: Jan Wyck, ca. 1645–1700
Date:: ca. 1690
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 56 x 48 inches (142.2 x 121.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

13. A Hawking Party

Creator:: Jan Wyck, ca. 1645–1700
Date:: ca. 1690
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 20 1/2 x 27 inches (52.1 x 68.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

14. Heron Hawking below Stirling Castle

Creator:: Jan Wyck, ca. 1645–1700
Date:: ca. 1690
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 24 1/2 × 24 1/8 inches (62.2 × 61.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

15. Samuel Butler

Creator:: Gilbert Soest, ca. 1600–1681
Date:: ca. 1675
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 x 25 1/4 inches (76.2 x 64.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

16. The Young Widow

Creator:: Rolland Lefebvre, 1608–1677
Date:: ca. 1665
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 29 3/4 x 25 1/4 inches (75.6 x 64.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

17. Portrait of a Woman, possibly Elizabeth Pope (ca. 1585; living 1624)

Creator:: Robert Peake the Elder, ca. 1551–1619
Date:: ca. 1615
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: Frame: 36 × 29 3/8 × 2 1/2 inches (91.4 × 74.6 × 6.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

18. Portrait of an Unknown Boy

Creator:: Willem Wissing, ca. 1656–1687
Date:: ca. 1685
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 81 1/2 x 48 3/4 inches (207 x 123.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

19. Landscape with Distant Mountains

Creator:: Adriaen van Diest, 1655–1704
Date:: ca. 1698
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 33 1/8 × 32 inches (84.1 × 81.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

20. John Poulett, first Earl Poulett

Creator:: John Closterman, 1660–1711
Date:: ca. 1680
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 76 1/2 x 52 inches (194.3 x 132.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

21. The Island of Barbados

Creator:: Isaac Sailmaker, ca. 1633–1721
Date:: ca. 1694
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 44 1/2 x 91 inches (113 x 231.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

22. Lord John Hay and Charles Hay, third Marquis of Tweeddale

Creator:: Gilbert Soest, ca. 1600–1681
Date:: 1673
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 49 3/4 x 42 inches (126.4 x 106.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

23. William III, Prince of Orange, as a Child

Creator:: Cornelius Johnson, 1593–1661
Date:: 1657
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 x 24 7/8 inches (76.2 x 63.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

24. Prince Rupert of the Rhine

Creator:: Studio of Sir Peter Lely, 1618–1680
Date:: 1666 to 1671
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 49 1/2 x 39 3/4 inches (125.7 x 101 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

25. Jay, Green Woodpecker, Pigeons, and Redstart

Creator:: Francis Barlow, 1622–1704
Date:: ca. 1658
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 x 25 1/8 inches (76.2 x 63.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

26. Sir Ralph Bankes

Creator:: Sir Peter Lely, 1618–1680
Date:: ca. 1660
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 46 7/8 x 38 3/4 inches (119.1 x 98.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

27. Woodcock at Dusk

Creator:: Francis Barlow, 1622–1704
Date:: ca. 1686
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 17 1/4 x 21 1/2 inches (43.8 x 54.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

28. Cleopatra

Creator:: Benedetto Gennari, 1633–1715
Date:: between 1674 and 1675
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 49 x 41 1/2 inches (124.5 x 105.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

29. Ducks and Other Birds about a Stream in an Italianate Landscape

Creator:: Francis Barlow, 1622–1704
Date:: 1671
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 48 x 64 3/8 inches (121.9 x 163.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

30. Domestic Cock, Hens, and Chicks

Creator:: Francis Barlow, 1622–1704
Date:: 1655
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 33 x 39 inches (83.8 x 99.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

31. The Great Fire of London, with Ludgate and Old St. Paul's

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1670
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 53 × 43 5/8 inches (134.6 × 110.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

32. Richmond Castle, Yorkshire

Creator:: Alexander Keirincx, 1600–1652
Date:: 1639
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 18 x 27 inches (45.7 x 68.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

33. Thomas Weedon

Creator:: John Greenhill, 1644–1676
Date:: ca. 1675
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 1/4 × 25 1/8 inches (76.8 × 63.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Richard and Nancy Stiner
On View:: Not on view

34. A Military Commander, Possibly Percy Kirke

Creator:: Willem Wissing, ca. 1656–1687
Date:: 1684
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 49 3/4 x 40 3/8 inches (126.4 x 102.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

35. Mary of Modena

Creator:: Simon Verelst, 1644–1710
Date:: ca. 1680
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 49 1/2 x 40 7/16 inches (125.7 x 102.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

36. Wollaton Hall and Park, Nottinghamshire

Creator:: Jan Siberechts, 1627–ca. 1703
Date:: 1697
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 75 1/2 × 54 1/2 inches (191.8 × 138.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

37. Frost Fair on the Thames, with Old London Bridge in the distance

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1684
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 25 1/4 x 30 1/4 inches (64.1 x 76.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

38. Plymouth

Creator:: Hendrik Danckerts, ca. 1625–1680
Date:: 1673
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 × 68 inches (101.6 × 172.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

39. Greenwich, with London in the distance

Creator:: Jan Vorsterman, ca. 1643–after 1685
Date:: ca. 1680
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 29 1/2 × 57 1/2 inches (74.9 × 146.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

40. Llannerch, Denbighshire, Wales

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1667
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 45 x 59 3/4 inches (114.3 x 151.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

41. Portrait of a Man

Creator:: Cornelius Johnson, 1593–1661
Date:: early 1650s
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 41 × 33 inches (104.1 × 83.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

42. Edward Montagu, first Earl of Sandwich

Creator:: Sir Peter Lely, 1618–1680
Date:: 1660 to 1665
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 87 7/8 x 51 1/2 inches (223.2 x 130.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

43. Windsor Castle from the South

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: after 1681
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 20 1/4 x 31 5/8 inches (51.4 x 80.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

44. Denham Place, Buckinghamshire

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1695
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 x 49 3/4 inches (101.6 x 126.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

45. Men of War in a Stiff Breeze

Creator:: Jan Theunisz Blankerhoff, 1628–1669
Date:: mid-17th century
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 x 24 inches (45.7 x 61 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The U Collection. In appreciation of Choh Shiu and Man Foo U, loving parents, and Dorothea and Frank Cockett, dear friends
On View:: Not on view

46. English Warships Heeling in the Breeze Offshore

Creator:: Willem van de Velde the Younger, 1633–1707
Date:: between 1673 and 1707
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 x 28 inches (45.7 x 71.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The U Collection. In appreciation of Choh Shiu and Man Foo U, loving parents, and Dorothea and Frank Cockett, dear friends
On View:: Not on view

47. English Royal Yachts at Sea in a Strong Breeze, in Company with a Ship Flying the Royal Standard

Creator:: Studio of Willem van de Velde the Younger, 1633–1707
Date:: ca. 1689
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 21 1/2 x 28 inches (54.6 x 71.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The U Collection. In appreciation of Choh Shiu and Man Foo U, loving parents, and Dorothea and Frank Cockett, dear friends
On View:: Not on view