The attribution “Peter Stent (1653)” suggests that the portrait of Oliver Cromwell was created by the artist Peter Stent in that year. This statement, combined with Cromwell’s titles as General of the forces of England, Scotland, and Ireland, Chancellor of the University of Oxford, and Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland, underscores his prominence during the English Interregnum. Stent, a notable printmaker of the period, likely contributed to the dissemination of Cromwell’s image and propaganda. The inclusion of Stent’s name and the date further contextualizes the portrait within the political and artistic milieu of 17th-century Britain.
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