FDA-P.447-2012
Parts
Object number
FDA-P.447-2012
Object type
Identification
Title
King Charles I
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
The portraits of King Charles I and his Queen consort, Henrietta Maria, are early copies of original van Dyck portraits now on display at Chequers, the country house of the Prime Minister. The Chequers versions were formerly owned by Charles’s nephew, Prince Rupert (1619–1682) and may even have been presented to Rupert by the King himself. These versions were given to Eton College by Old Etonian Harold Andorsen (1885–1980) in 1976 and were previously in the collection of Lady Mountbatten at Broadlands, in Hampshire. Andorsen later bequeathed further paintings and furnishings to the College, including the Flemish cabinet located on the ground floor.
Sir Anthony van Dyck was born in Antwerp. After relocating to England in 1632, he became 'Principal Painter in Ordinary' to Charles I. He was knighted the following year. Van Dyck’s portraits of the royal family enhanced their prestige at home and abroad and his work had a profound influence on British portraiture.
A pendant portrait of the Queen Consort Henrietta Maria (1609-1669; ref: FDA-P.205-2010) is also in the Eton College Collections.
Sir Anthony van Dyck was born in Antwerp. After relocating to England in 1632, he became 'Principal Painter in Ordinary' to Charles I. He was knighted the following year. Van Dyck’s portraits of the royal family enhanced their prestige at home and abroad and his work had a profound influence on British portraiture.
A pendant portrait of the Queen Consort Henrietta Maria (1609-1669; ref: FDA-P.205-2010) is also in the Eton College Collections.
Other number
CL 63A
Description
Content (person)
Dimensions
height (sight size): 710mm
width (sight size): 580mm
width (sight size): 580mm
Inscription
Inscribed in white oil paint, upper left of canvas: 'King Charles I'
Materials & techniques note
Oil on canvas
Physical description
Carved, gilt wood frame
Style
British School 17th Century
Production
Person
Van Dyck, Anthony, 1599 - 1641 (Source artist)
Date
1625-1649
History and association
Associated object
FDA-P.205-2010 (one of a pair)
Object history note
Provenance: Collection of ‘Lady Mountbatten’ at Broadlands in Hampshire; possibly collection of Laura Marie Andorsen [née Lewis] (1853-1941) and by descent to her son; collecction of Harold Frederic Andorsen, OE (born 1885); by whom presented to Eton College in 1976
