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Robert peake

Robert peake. English painter . Born in 1551, died in 1619. Elected as the official painter of Prince Henry in 1604. Chosen as the serjeant-painter of King James I in 1607. Robert peake. He began his studies in 1565 with Laurence Woodman .

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Robert peake

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  1. Robert peake • English painter. Born in 1551, died in 1619. • Elected as theofficialpainter of Prince Henry in 1604. • Chosen as theserjeant-painter of King James I in 1607.

  2. Robert peake • He beganhisstudies in 1565 with Laurence Woodman. • He joinedtheGoldsmith’sCompany in 1569. • In 1576, he became a freeman. • Duringthe late 1580s, he was a wellestablishedpainter.

  3. Robert peake • Peake was appointed serjeant-painter to King James I, sharing the office with John De Critz. • The role entailed the painting of original portraits and their reproduction as new versions, to be given as gifts or sent to foreign courts, as well as the copying and restoring of portraits by other painters in the royal collection.

  4. Robert peake • The serjeant-painters also undertook decorative tasks, such as the painting of banners and stage scenery. • De Critz took responsibility for the more decorative tasks, while Peake continued his work as a royal portrait painter.

  5. Robert peake • In 1604, Peake was described as "painter to Prince Henry", the sixteen-year-old prince who was gathering around him a significant cultural salon. • The payments were listed by the Prince's household officer Sir David Murray. • Murray’s accounts reveal that the prince was paying more for tennis balls than for any picture.

  6. Prince Henry

  7. Robert peake • Prince Henry died possibly of typhoid fever at the age of eighteen (1912). • After the prince's death, Peake moved on to the household of Henry's brother, Charles, Duke of York, the future Charles I of England.

  8. Charles I

  9. Robert peake • Peake died in 1619, probably in mid-October. The date of his burial is unknown because the Great Fire of London later destroyed the registers of his parish church, St Sepulchre-without-Newgate.

  10. Procession Picture

  11. Full-lengthportrait • Peake was one of the earliest English painters to explore the full-length. • Peake's combination of figures with animals and landscape also foreshadows the genre of the sporting picture. • Peake exchanged pictures as part of royal marriage proposals.

  12. Kinds of pictures • Huntingscenes, double portraits, gardens… • Prince Henry • Princess Elizabeth

  13. Prince henry

  14. Princesselizabeth

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