Equestrian Portrait of Charles I [SEP] material used
Equestrian Portrait of Charles I
The Equestrian Portrait of Charles I (also known as Charles I on Horseback) is an oil painting on canvas by Anthony van Dyck, showing Charles I on horseback. Charles I had become King of England, Scotland and Ireland in 1625 on the death of his father James I, and Van Dyck became Charles's Principal Painter in Ordinary in 1632.
The portrait is thought to have been painted in about 1637–38, only a few years before the English Civil War broke out in 1642.
Equestrian Portrait of Philip IV
The Equestrian Portrait of Philip IV was a portrait of Philip IV of Spain on horseback, painted by Velázquez in 1635-36 as part of a series of equestrian portraits for the Hall of Realms, originally a wing of the Buen Retiro Palace in Madrid (a series that also included that of Philip's son prince Balthasar Charles).
External links.
- "Velázquez ", exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on