| Method | Etching |
| Artist | Wenceslaus Hollar after Robert van Voerst after Anthony van Dyck |
| Published | 1641 |
| Dimensions | Image 129 x 97 mm oval, Sheet 154 x 106 mm |
| Notes |
Bust portrait of King Charles I set within an oval. He is depicted with long hair, longer on his left side, a brushed-up moustache, and a long pointed beard. Over his decorated doublet, he wears a wide lace-fringed collar, and the medal of the Garter hangs around his neck on a broad ribbon. This portrait would have originally been printed on the same plate as a portrait of Henrietta Maria, the wife of Charles I. The portrait of Charles I would have been to the left, and Henrietta Maria to the right. The plate was later cut and this print found separately in the The true effigies of...King Charles, 1641 Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-1677) left his native Prague in 1627. He spent several years travelling and working in Germany before his patron, the Earl of Arundel brought him to London in 1636. During the civil wars, Hollar fought on the royalist side, after which he spent the years 1644-52 in Antwerp. Hollar's views of London form an important record of the city before the Great Fire of 1666. He was prolific and engraved a wide range of subjects, producing nearly 2,800 prints, numerous watercolours and many drawings. Robert van Voerst (1597 - 1636) was a Dutch printmaker, who was trained by Crispin de Passe, and worked for van Dyck on Iconography. Van Voerst travelled to London around 1627, and was appointed Royal Engraver to Charles I in either 1634 or 1635. Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641) was a Flemish painter. A pupil of Rubens, Van Dyke worked in Italy from 1621-26, and then from 1632 onwards he predominantly painted in England, where he was knighted by Charles I. Pennington 1433, New Hollstein 338.ii (Hollar), New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) 388-389 (Van Dyck), O'Donoghue 91. Condition: Trimmed from counterpart image and some foxing to sheet and some overall creasing |
| Framing | unmounted |
| Price | £150.00 |
| Stock ID | 44571 |