Studio of Sir Anthony van Dyck
Portrait of King Charles I (1600-49), 1630s
Oil on canvas
43 x 32 in. (109.2 x 81.2 cm)
Philip Mould & Co.
To view all current artworks for sale visit philipmould.com This product of Van Dyck's workshop demonstrates the quality of studio work executed by the painter's most able assistants, and like...
To view all current artworks for sale visit philipmould.com
This product of Van Dyck's workshop demonstrates the quality of studio work executed by the painter's most able assistants, and like the autograph work captures the haunting melancholy of the King's countenance. It is impossible not to view works like this, conventional enough at the time in their resonances, with the benefit of hindsight and hear them as ancestral voices prophesying war.