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Charles I

Etcher Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian
After Anthony van Dyck Flemish
1649
Not on view
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

Object Information
  • 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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