About the Artwork
Charles II of England
1649
After Anton van Dyck (Artist) Flemish, 1599-1641 Wenceslaus Hollar (Artist) German, 1607-1677
Etching printed in black ink on laid paper
Sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 9 7/8 × 7 1/4 inches (25.1 × 18.4 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
09.1S601
Public Domain
Markings
Inscribed, in plate below image: CAROLVS II D. G.: MAGNAE BRITANNIAE FRAcie et HIBERNIAE REX, etc. natus Ad 1630. | Hanc Maiestatis suae Effigiem ab Antonio van Dycke Equite sic depictam | Aqua forti aeri insculpsit; Humillimus Cliens Wenceslaus Hollar, Boh: | Anno 1649. Inscribed, lower left: Ant: van Dycke pinxit Inscribed, lower right: W. Hollar fecit, et exc:[inscription in ink lost when sheet was trimmed] Inscribed, verso: [pencil notations]
Provenance
Oct. 1886, Keppel & Co.1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Wenceslaus Hollar; after Anton van Dyck, Charles II of England, 1649, etching printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S601.
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