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Sir Peter Lely

Sir Henry Capel (1638–1696)

Oil on canvas
126.4 × 102.9 cm (49.8 × 40.5 in)

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● On view now — Gallery 509

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · verified July 2026

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