Charles I
Half-length portrait of the king facing to the left within an oval. He has long hair, a moustache and beard, and wears a wide-brimmed hat, a lace collar and a cloak emblazoned on the left shoulder with the star of the Order of Garter. Behind him is a landscape showing the Lambeth marshes, the Thames and, on the far bank, Westminster Abbey, Parliament Buildings, Whitehall and the new Banqueting House.
Artwork Details
- Title: Charles I
- Etcher: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
- Artist: After Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, Antwerp 1599–1641 London)
- Sitter: Charles I, King of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland (British, Dunfermline, Scotland 1600–1649 London)
- Date: 1649
- Medium: Etching; first state of two
- Dimensions: Sheet: 5 13/16 × 4 1/8 in. (14.7 × 10.4 cm)
cut within platemark - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1917
- Object Number: 17.50.85
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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