Robert Peake the elder (c. 1551–1619) was 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
printsellerWilliam Peake (c. 1580–1639) and from his grandson,
Sir Robert Peake (c. 1605–1667), who followed his father into the family print-selling business. Peake was the only English-born painter of a group of four artists whose workshops were closely connected. The others were De Critz,
Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger, and the
miniature-painterIsaac Oliver. Between 1590 and about 1625, they specialised in brilliantly coloured, full-length "costume pieces" (example pictured) that are unique to England at this time. It is not always possible to attribute authorship between Peake, De Critz, Gheeraerts and their assistants with certainty. (
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