Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings Signed, dated, and inscribed: (lower right) Pinxit Daniel Mytens; (right, on column base) CAROLVS D[EI]G[RATIA] MAG[NI] / BRITANNIÆ FRANCIÆ / ET HIBERNIÆ REX / FIDEI DEFENSOR. / ÆTAT. 29. / ANNO 1629 (Charles, by the Grace of almighty God, king of Britain, France, and Ireland. Defender of the Faith. Aged 29. In the year 1629)
Exhibition History Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art. "Treasured Masterpieces of The Metropolitan Museum of Art," October 8–November 26, 1972, no. 76.
Tokyo National Museum. "Treasured Masterpieces of The Metropolitan Museum of Art," August 10–October 1, 1972, no. 76.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "AngloMania: Tradition and Transgression in British Fashion," May 3–September 4, 2006, unnumbered cat.
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