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Frontispiece to 'Eikon Basilike'

1649
Not on view
Frontispiece to 'Eikon Basilike' (a version of William Marshall's design); emblematical design in two compartments; to right, Charles I on a terrace kneeling on his left knee, looking upwards in profile to right, holding a crown of thorns, a book propped on the table in front of him, and a crown and globe at his feet; a ray extends from his left eye to the crown of martyrdom at top right; another ray from the back of his head extends to clouds in the left-hand compartment where a rock rises from a stormy sea, in the foreground, a shore with palm trees one bearing a tray laden with weights.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Frontispiece to 'Eikon Basilike'
  • Artist: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
  • Sitter: Charles I, King of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland (British, Dunfermline, Scotland 1600–1649 London)
  • Date: 1649
  • Medium: Etching, only state
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 4 1/4 × 4 15/16 in. (10.8 × 12.5 cm)
    Cut outside image but within platemark
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Carl J. Ulmann, 1924
  • Object Number: 24.57.107
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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