Oliver de Critz explained

Oliver de Critz (1626 – 1651)^[1] was an English painter.

He was born in London in 1626,^{[1] [2]} the son of John de Critz, a painter of Flemish descent who was the Serjeant Painter of Britain, and his third wife. His relatives Thomas and Emmanuel were also painters.^{[1] [3]} His name is also spelled Oliver Decritz and Oliver de Crats.^[1]

A possible self-portrait by Oliver de Critz is in the Ashmolean Museum.^[3] In it, he is depicted with a green cloak. In 1646, Oliver de Critz inherited from his grandfather "my greene Cloake". However, this portrait could also be the work of his half-brother Thomas.^[4]

He died in London in August or September 1651, and was buried on 27 September 1651.^[1]

Sources

• R.L. Poole, An outline of the history of the De Critz family of painters, The Walpole Society 2 (1912-1913), pp. 45–68
• Thieme, Ulrich; Becker, Felix, Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler : von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart vol. 8, Leipzig: Seemann (1917), p. 532
• Bénézit, Emmanuel, Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs de tous les temps et de tous les pays vol. 3, Paris: Gründ (1976), p. 422
• A checklist of painters c1200-1976 represented in the Witt Library, Courtauld Institute of Art, London, London: Mansell (1978), p. 75

Notes and References

1. Web site: Oliver Decritz . RKD . 8 November 2021.
2. Book: Walpole Society (Great Britain). The ... Annual Volume of the Walpole Society. 54. 1913.
3. Book: Macfall, Haldane. A History of Painting (Volume 7). 37. Dana Estes and Company. 1973.
4. Web site: Art UK . Oliver de Critz . www.artuk.org . 8 November 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211108103700/https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/oliver-de-critz-141879. 8 November 2021.