About Emanuel de Critz
Lived 1608 – 1665 (aged 56–57). Emanuel de Critz was a painter.
Emmanuel de Critz (25 September 1608 – 2 November 1665) was an English painter. He was called the "best portraitist in London" by Robert Walker.
He was born and baptized in London on 25 September 1608,
He painted scenes for masques, at the time very popular at court. In 1657 he made a portrait of Sergeant Sir John Maynard.
In 1650 he purchased a considerable number of artworks after the dispersal of the collection of Charles I. He kept his acquisitions in his house in Austin Friars. However, some items acquired by Critz (perhaps including Bernini's Bust of King Charles I) were apparently blocked by Oliver Cromwell, with de Critz petitioning the council in 1660. At the Restoration he then petitioned the king for reimbursement.
A son or nephew of his was also a painter.
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English painter (1608–1665)
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Emanuel de Critz was born in 1608 in London.
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Emanuel de Critz died in 1665 in London.
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Emanuel de Critz was a painter.
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