King Charles I (1600-1649)
after Sir Anthony Van Dyck (Antwerp 1599 - London 1641)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1632 (after)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1219 x 978 mm (48 x 38 ½ in)
Order this imageCollection
Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 108902
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, King Charles I (1600-1649), after Sir Anthony Van Dyck (Antwerp 1599 - London 1641). A three-quarter-length portrait, turned to the left, gazing at the spectator in black with white collar, wearing the Ribbon and Order of the Garter, turned to left, head turned, gazing at spectator over his left shoulder, his right ungloved hand on a table on the right, his left ungloved hand holding a glove, in black dress, wearing the Ribbon and Order of the Garter. This painting is a copy of a portrait painted for the Elector Palatine in 1637, formerly in the Imperial Collection in Prague and now in the Gemäldegalerie in Dresden.
Provenance
Recorded in Principal Dressing Room in 1769 (although possibly from the old house); and thence by descent until bought with part of the contents of Kedleston with the aid of the National Heritage Memorial Fund in 1987 when the house and park were given to the National Trust by Francis Curzon, 3rd Viscount Scarsdale (1924-2000)
Credit line
Kedleston Hall, The Scarsdale Collection (acquired with the help of the National Heritage Memorial Fund and transferred to The National Trust in 1987)
Marks and inscriptions
Verso: Inscribed in chalk on back of canvas: on the Chimney side next the Doore [in 17th (?) script] Verso: Inscribed in a later script: on the Chimney side of Anti / Room over Door to / Bedchamber Verso: Inscribed on top bar of stretcher: King Charles, and in pencil, at left: No.38; and centre right: No.8 Verso: Part of old leather tab fastened to top of stretcher Verso: Label of W.Holder & Son, 33 Brewer Street (conservation)
Makers and roles
after Sir Anthony Van Dyck (Antwerp 1599 - London 1641), artist
References
Barnes, De Poorter, Millar, Vey, 2004 Susan J. Barnes, Nora De Poorter, Oliver Millar and Horst Vey, Van Dyck. A Complete Catalogue of the Paintings, New Haven and London, 2004, IV.58