FOLLOWER OF SIR ANTONY VAN DYCK | PORTRAIT OF KING CHARLES I (1600-1649), BUST LENGTH, IN A BLACK DOUBLET AND WHITE LACE COLLAR, WITH THE BLUE GARTER RIBBON AROUND HIS NECK
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FOLLOWER OF SIR ANTONY VAN DYCK
PORTRAIT OF KING CHARLES I (1600-1649), BUST LENGTH, IN A BLACK DOUBLET AND WHITE LACE COLLAR, WITH THE BLUE GARTER RIBBON AROUND HIS NECK
Oil on panel
Unframed: 12 x 9¾ in., 35 x 24.9 cm
Framed: 18 x 16¼ in., 45.7 x 41.3 cm
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Gresley Collection
Sir Robert Gresley, 11th Baronet Gresley (by descent from the above and sold: Hampton & Sons, Drakelowe, July 16, 1931, lot 797 (as School of Van Dyck))
Sale: Christie's, London, July 26, 1985, lot 96 (as Follower of Sir Anthony van Dyck)
This work appears to borrow different elements from known portraits by Sir Anthony van Dyck. The angle in which his face is represented, gazing towards the side, appears to be based on the larger portrait of King Charles I with Queen Henrietta Marianow in the Archiepiscopal Castle and Gardens, Kromeriz, Czech Republic (1). Meanwhile, the elegant black shirt he wears with the blue Garter ribbon appears to be inspired by the large portrait of King Charles and Queen Henrietta Maria with their childrenfrom 1632 in Windsor Castle, Berkshire (inv. no. RCIN 405353).
(1) See Susan J. Barnes, Nora de Poorter, Oliver Millar and Horst Vey, Van Dyck: A Complete Catalogue of the Paintings, Yale & London, 2004, cat.no. IV.46, illustrated pp. 461-62.