PORTRAIT OF A BOY IN A SILVER COAT, circa 1600 Circle of Robert Peake (1551-1619), English School. Peake was one of the most successful portrait painters of the late Elizabethan period, whose style is characterized by its archaism. This gentleman appears very elegant with his pants and his sword, which young people received at the age of seven during the "breeching" ceremony, marking their passage from children to adults.