STUDIO OF SIR ANTHONY VAN DYCK, ANTWERP, 1599 - 1641, LONDON...

Estimate

£4,000 - £6,000

STUDIO OF SIR ANTHONY VAN DYCK, ANTWERP, 1599 - 1641, LONDON, OIL ON CANVAS
Portrait of King Charles I and Henrietta Maria, held in period carved giltwood Kent Palladian frame, re-lined.
(sight 41cm x 55.5cm, frame 61cm x 75cm)

Note: The present works are based on van Dyck's full length portrait of King Charles I in armour 1637 and an important full length portrait of queen Henrietta Maria 1636 .
Other oval versions are known copy of the head, Sotheby's, London, 12 December 1958 (120), was dated 1636; another, at Althorp, is dated 1638. Many other copies and derivations of the head are recorded. At Melbourne Hall a copy of the head is paired with a copy of the head of Charles I from IV.A. A similar pair was at Sotheby's, London, 13 March 1963 (35, 36). A number of important copies of the head in miniature are known:
Reference : Van Dyck a complete catalogue of the paintings, page 472 IV.55, page 634 IV.A20