Penelope Cleyn (or Clein or Klein) (active 1668–1677) was a miniature painter active in London. Her exact birth and death dates are not known. Cleyn was the youngest daughter of the German painter and tapestry designer

Francis Cleyn Francis Cleyn (or Francesco Cleyn or Clein; also Frantz or Franz Klein) (c. 1582 – 1658) was a German-born Painting, painter and tapestry designer who lived and worked in England. Life and career Francis Cleyn was born in Rostock in Germany, ...

. Clayton, Ellen C. '' English Female Artists, Volume I'' (Tinsley Brothers, 1876) pp. 30-32. She was trained by her father along with her older three brothers Francis, John, and Charles, and two sisters Sarah and Magdalen, who took up their father's profession and became draughtsmen and miniature painters as well. They continued his workshop after their father died in 1658 and all died in London. Attributions of works have sometimes been difficult because of the similarities in style between Francis and his children. Penelope has been ascribed two miniatures of

William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Exeter William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Exeter (1566 – 6 July 1640), known as the third Lord Burghley from 1605 to 1623, was an English nobleman, politician, and peer. Life Exeter was the son of Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, and Dorothy Neville, d ...

(1677), and Dorothea, daughter of

Richard Cromwell Richard Cromwell (4 October 162612 July 1712) was an English statesman who served as Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland from 1658 to 1659. He was the son of Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell. Following his father ...

(1668), signed P.C.

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