Robert Peake the Elder: A Tudor Master of Costume Portraits Robert Peake the Elder (c. 1551 – 1619) stands as a singular figure in English art history—a painter who achieved remarkable renown during Elizabeth I’s reign and continued to produce influential works under James I, marking him as one of the four artists whose workshops formed a vibrant nexus of artistic innovation at the time. Unlike many of his contemporaries, Peake's career unfolded within a remarkably stable familial framework; he was the son of Robert Peake (c. 1524–1607), himself a celebrated portrait painter and print seller…