Master Paintings and Drawings Part II
Master Paintings and Drawings Part II
Circle of Sir Anthony van Dyck
Portrait of Charles II, while Prince of Wales, full-length, in an equestrian costume and holding a feathered hat, standing before a balustrade
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May 26, 02:17 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Circle of Sir Anthony van Dyck
Portrait of Charles II, later Prince of Wales, full-length, in an equestrian costume and holding a feathered hat, standing before a balustrade
oil on canvas
canvas: 58¼ by 37 in.; 148 by 94 cm.
framed: 66½ by 45 in.; 169 by 114.3 cm.
This portrait is inspired by Anthony van Dyck's full-length portrait of Charles II as an eleven-year-old boy in a military surcoat, datable to 1641.1 Van Dyck also painted Charles II around the same time in a full suit of armor, a painting which was sold at Sotheby's London, 5 December 2018, lot 29.2 Here, the artist added riding boots to Charles's outfit and placed him in front of a distant landscape, suggesting a connection to the grand hunting and equestrian portraits Van Dyck had painted of the prince's father, Charles I. The full-length portraits of Charles II are among the final commissions completed by Van Dyck before his death in 1641.
1. Oil on canvas, 160.7 by 108.6 cm. Newport Restoration Foundation, Rhode Island.
2. https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2018/old-masters-evening-l18036/lot.29.html?locale=en