Emmanuel de Critz

Emmanuel de Critz (25 September 1608 – 2 November 1665)[1] was an English painter.

[2] He was born and baptized in London on 25 September 1608,[2] as the younger son of John, a painter of Flemish origin active at the English royal court during the reigns of James I of England and Charles I of England, who held the post of Serjeant Painter to the king.

[3] He is considered the author of the central ceiling panels with the Perseus narratives in Wilton House.

[4][5] In 1650 he purchased a considerable number of artworks after the dispersal of the collection of Charles I.

[3][6] However, some items acquired by Critz (perhaps including Bernini's Bust of King Charles I) where apparently blocked by Oliver Cromwell, with de Critz petitioning the council in 1660.