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Portrait of Robert Boyle

John Riley1689

The Royal Society

The Royal Society
London, United Kingdom

Three quarter length portrait, seated, the sitter’s body turned to the viewer’s left. Robert Boyle wears a long curled wig with brown robe over brown coat and stockings, with a white shirt and lace neck-cloth. His left hand indicates a book, held upright by the spine in his right hand. Drapery behind and to the right as viewed, with a landscape visible to the left. Robert Boyle was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1660, he was a founder of the Society.

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