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| John Michael Wright Portrait of Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland ca. 1670 National Portrait Gallery, London |
During the 1660s Barbara Villiers dominated the English court, while bearing a succession of children, some of them acknowledged as royal bastards and others with more doubtful or disputed paternity. After 1670 her direct influence over Charles II began to fade, but she lived on in splendor with a succession of lovers for another forty years, laughing at the multitudes who insulted her as a debauched and shameless wanton.
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| John Michael Wright Portrait of George Jeffreys 1673 National Portrait Gallery, London |
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| John Michael Wright The family of Sir Robert Vyner 1673 National Portrait Gallery, London |
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| Juan Carreño de Miranda Portrait of the Duke of Pastrana ca. 1679 Prado |
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| Caspar Netscher Portrait of Alida de Lange Rammelman ca. 1679 Prado |
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| Gonzalez Coques Portrait of a man ca. 1670 National Gallery, London |
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| Caesar van Everdingen Portrait of Elisabeth van Kessel 1671 Rijksmuseum |
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| Caspar Netscher Portrait of a man 1678 Rijksmuseum |
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| Caspar Netscher Portrait of Helena Catharina de Witte 1678 Rijksmuseum |
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| Wallerant Vaillant Portrait of Maria van Oosterwijck, flower painter 1671 Rijksmuseum |
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| Karel Dujardin Portrait of Joan Reynst, Lord of Drakenstein and Vuursche ca. 1670-75 Rijksmuseum |
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| Anonymous painter Portrait miniature of Sir Francis Winnington ca. 1670 National Portrait Gallery, London |
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| Jan de Baen Portrait of Johanna le Gillon 1670 Rijksmuseum |
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| Barend Graat Pandora 1676 Rijksmuseum |