10 works, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Nell Gwyn (1650–1687), mistress of Charles II of England, with Footnotes. #138

Simon Pietersz Verelst (1644–1721)
Portrait of Nell Gwyn (1650–1687), mistress of Charles II of England
Oil on canvas
height: 103.2 cm (40.6 in); width: 126.1 cm (49.6 in)
Unidentified location

Nell Gwyn was an actress and mistress of Charles II, whose frank recklessness, generosity, invariable good temper, ready wit, infectious high spirits, and amazing indiscretions appealed irresistibly to a generation that welcomed in her the living antithesis of Puritanism….

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