Portrait of King Charles I (1600-1649), three-quarter-length, in armour, holding a baton, with his right hand on a sphere
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Price Realised GBP 112,500
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GBP 50,000 - GBP 80,000
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Portrait of King Charles I (1600-1649), three-quarter-length, in armour, holding a baton, with his right hand on a sphere
This portrait is based on a lost original by van Dyck, of which numerous copies survive (see O. Millar in S.J. Barnes et. al., Van Dyck, A complete catalogue of the paintings, New Haven and London, 2004, p. 631, no. IVA.10). As Millar notes (ibid.), the original was probably designed in circa 1637 and based on the sitting for van Dyck’s portrait of the King, painted in 1635-6, in the collection of the Duke of Arundel (Sussex, Arundel Castle).
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Portrait of King Charles I (1600-1649), three-quarter-length, in armour, holding a baton, with his right hand on a sphereFOLLOWER OF SIR ANTHONY VAN DYCKEstimate: GBP 50,000 - 80,000
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Close examination of the painting confirms it to be in a very good state of preservation beneath an aged varnish. The relined canvas maintains a good tension and remains structurally stable. While the texture of the paint is uniform as a consequence of the lining treatment, the integrity of the artist’s painterly technique has been very well preserved, particularly in the modelling and subtleties of gradation of colour. Some minute specks of abrasion are visible in the surface of the sitter’s face and upper left of the canvas. Ultraviolet examination confirms the above and the presence of a thick aged varnish.
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Lot 11Sale 18875
Portrait of King Charles I (1600-1649), three-quarter-length, in armour, holding a baton, with his right hand on a sphereFOLLOWER OF SIR ANTHONY VAN DYCKEstimate: GBP 50,000 - 80,000
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