OLIVER (Peter), the son and disciple of Isaac Oliver, was born in 1601. He arrived at a degree of perfection in miniature portraits confessedly superior to his father, or any of his contemporaries; as he did not confine his subjects to a head only. In the collections of Charles I. and James II. there were 13 historical subjects painted by this Oliver; of which seven are still preserved in the closet of queen Caroline at Kensington: and a capital painting of his wife is in the possession of the duchess of Portland. He died in 1660.