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In England. 601 Thomas Fairfax, Ireton, Fleetwood, and many of the men connected with the Commonwealth. He died about 1660. Robert Streater (1624 — 1680) painted many portraits, altar-pieces, and ceilings. John Riley (1646 — 1691) was also a portrait painter of repute. There are three of his works in the National Portrait Gallery. To name all the foreign artists who worked in England during the first half of the seventeenth century is nearly impossible. The most celebrated were Gerard Honthorst, the two Netschers, Dirk Stoop (ab. 1612—1686 ?), and the two Van de Veldes. Many of the works of these Dutchmen are preserved in English galleries. Peter Lely (1617 — 1680) appeared soon after the death of Van Dyck. He had the same success; he painted Charles I. and his Court ; then Cromwell and his soldiers ; then Charles II. and all the beauties of his Court. His genius suited admirably the witty and elegant ladies, and the thoughtless cavaliers, who drowned in luxury and pleasure the still recent recollection of Cromwell and the Commonwealth. Lely painted them by hundreds. Many of his portraits were at the Exhibitions at Manchester and South Kensington. At Hampton Court there is a Gallery full of them. Charles . II. made him a baronet. As soon as Lely was dead, another famous painter succeeded him at the Court, and soon monopolised the public taste : Godfrey Kneller (1648 — 1723), who was born at Liibeck, arrived at London in 1674, painted during the reigns of Charles II., James IL, William III., Queen Anne, and of George I., by whom he was created a baronet. Kneller painted the greater part of the sovereigns and princes of his time, including Louis XIV. and the Czar Peter of Russia. He painted the great Duke of