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Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Peake, Robert (c.1551–1619) , artist
Parallel form(s) of name
- Robert Peake, the Elder
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Description area
Dates of existence
c. 1551-1619
History
An English painter active in the later part of Elizabeth I's reign and for most of the reign of James I. In 1604, he was appointed picture maker to the heir to the throne, Prince Henry; and in 1607, serjeant-painter to King James I – a post he shared with John De Critz. Peake is often called "the elder", to distinguish him from his son, the painter and print seller William Peake (c. 1580–1639) and from his grandson, Sir Robert Peake (c. 1605–67), who followed his father into the family print-selling business.