The Three Eldest Children of King Charles I (after Van Dyck)
after Sir Anthony Van Dyck (Antwerp 1599 - London 1641)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1700 - 1799
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1346 x 1448 mm (53 x 57 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Moseley Old Hall, Staffordshire
NT 477500
Caption
This is a version of an original painting in the Royal Collection. It is a charming and very popular image of the royal children. There are many copies of this composition and of the later, larger portrait with five children, which can be found throughout all the National Trust collections. Its appeal extended beyond supporters of the Stuarts.
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, The Three Eldest Children of King Charles I, after Sir Anthony Van Dyck (Antwerp 1599 - London 1641), 18th century. A full-length group portrait of the children of Charles I, Charles, Prince of Wales (1630 – 1685), Mary, Princess Royal (1631 – 1660), and James, Duke of York (1633 – 1701) standing on Turkish carpet, a King Charles spaniel to the left and right.
Makers and roles
after Sir Anthony Van Dyck (Antwerp 1599 - London 1641), artist