Oliver de Critz

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

Oliver de Critz, possibly a self-portrait

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.^[3] His relatives Thomas and Emmanuel were also painters.^[1][4] 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.^[4] In it, he is depicted with a green cloak. In 1646, Oliver de Critz inherited from his grandfather "my greene Cloake".^[3] However, this portrait could also be the work of his half-brother Thomas.^[3]

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