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Nell Gwyn
Artist: Simon Pietersz Verelst (Dutch, 1644–1721)
Date: c. 1680
Medium: Oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Sitter: Eleanor ('Nell') Gwyn (1650-1687), Actress; mistress of Charles II.
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Mary of Modena
Artist: Simon Pietersz Verelst (Dutch, 1644-1699)
Date: c. 1680
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Collection: Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, United States of America
Description
Mary of Modena (Italian: Maria Beatrice Eleonora Anna Margherita Isabella d'Este was Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland as the second wife of James II and VII. A devout Catholic, Mary married the widower James, who was then the younger brother and heir presumptive of Charles II. She was devoted to James and their children, two of whom survived to adulthood: the Jacobite claimant to the thrones, James Francis Edward, and Louisa Maria Teresa.
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