King Charles II (1630-1685), as a boy (after Van Dyck)
John Seymour Lucas (London 1849 – Southwold 1923)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1866 - 1867 (exh at RA)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1570 x 1070 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Lyme, Cheshire
NT 499985
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, King Charles II (1630-1685) as a Boy (after Van Dyck) by John Seymour Lucas (1849-1923), 1867. A full-length portrait of Charles II as a young boy, in a dark interior, standing and striding forward, turned to the left, gazing at the spectator, with natural shoulder-length dark hair, wearing steel armour, a lace collar and the blue sash of the Order of the Garter. His right hand rests on a staff in front of a plumed helmet, his left hand holds the hilt of a sword.
Provenance
Bequeathed by Ralegh Radford (1900 - 1999)
Makers and roles
John Seymour Lucas (London 1849 – Southwold 1923), artist after Sir Anthony Van Dyck (Antwerp 1599 - London 1641), artist