Oliver de Critz (1626 – 1651)[1] was an English painter.
He was born in London in 1626,[1][2] the son of John de Critz, a painter of Flemish descent who was the Serjeant Painter of Britain, and his third wife.[3] His relatives Thomas and Emmanuel were also painters.[1][4] His name is also spelled Oliver Decritz and Oliver de Crats.[1]
A possible self-portrait by Oliver de Critz is in the Ashmolean Museum.[4] In it, he is depicted with a green cloak. In 1646, Oliver de Critz inherited from his grandfather "my greene Cloake".[3] However, this portrait could also be the work of his half-brother Thomas.[3]
He died in London in August or September 1651, and was buried on 27 September 1651.[1]
Sources edit
- R.L. Poole, An outline of the history of the De Critz family of painters, The Walpole Society 2 (1912-1913), pp. 45–68
- Thieme, Ulrich; Becker, Felix, Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler : von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart vol. 8, Leipzig: Seemann (1917), p. 532
- Bénézit, Emmanuel, Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs de tous les temps et de tous les pays vol. 3, Paris: Gründ (1976), p. 422
- A checklist of painters c1200-1976 represented in the Witt Library, Courtauld Institute of Art, London, London: Mansell (1978), p. 75
References edit
- ^ a b c d e "Oliver Decritz". RKD. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
- ^ Walpole Society (Great Britain) (1913). The ... Annual Volume of the Walpole Society. p. 54.
- ^ a b c Art UK. "Oliver de Critz". www.artuk.org. Archived from the original on 8 November 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
- ^ a b Macfall, Haldane (1973). A History of Painting (Volume 7). Dana Estes and Company. p. 37.
External links edit
Media related to Oliver de Critz at Wikimedia Commons- Artworks by or after Oliver de Critz at the Art UK site
