William Harvey. Oil painting after P. Lely.

1 painting : oil on canvas ; canvas 66 x 57 cm

Related to a portrait-type of Harvey represented by Keynes no. VII (in the Royal Society as attributed to Cornelis Johnson; other versions elsewhere). A version previously in the Fitzwilliam collection at Wentworth Woodhouse, Yorks., and sold at Christie's, London, 11 July 1986, lot 60, was attributed to the studio of Sir P. Lely, ca. 1650

Geoffrey Keynes, The portraiture of William Harvey, London 1985 (this painting not included)

Milo Keynes, 'The portrait of Dr William Harvey in the Royal Society since 1683', Notes & records of the Royal Society, 2006, 60: 249-252, p. 251

Christopher Wright et al., British and Irish paintings in public collections, New Haven and London: Yale University Press for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, 2006, p. 201

Wellcome Collection 45670i