Portrait of King Charles II of England
1653
Philippe de Champaigne
Philippe de Champaigne (French, 1602–1674)
European Painting and Sculpture
Portrait of King Charles II of England, 1653. Philippe de Champaigne (French, 1602–1674). Oil on canvas; framed: 182 x 141 x 15 cm (71 5/8 x 55 1/2 x 5 7/8 in.); unframed: 129.5 x 97.2 cm (51 x 38 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Collection 1959.38 Charles is wearing a typical French cuirassier's armor. Meant for cavalry, the style indicates it was made around 1630 and was likely a gift as Charles would have been an infant at the time it was created.
- Maker/Artist
- Philippe de Champaigne
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Framed: 182 x 141 x 15 cm (71 5/8 x 55 1/2 x 5 7/8 in.); Unframed: 129.5 x 97.2 cm (51 x 38 1/4 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Inscribed lower center: "A°.1653"
- Departments
- European Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1959.38
- Credit Line
- The Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Collection
- Exhibitions
- Carolina Charter Tercentenary Exhibition, Style, Truth and the Portrait, La Peinture Francaise dans les Collections Americaines, A Pageant of Canada: The European Contribution to the Iconography of Canadian History, Real Prints: Reproduction or Invention, The Paston Treasure: Microcosm of the Known World, Pittsburg, Carnegie Insitute, 1951: "French Painting 1100-1900," cat. no. 68, illus. <br>Paris, Orangerie des Tuilleries, 1952: "Philippe de Champaigne," cat. no. 28 (incorrectly gives duke as Grafton as ex collection). <br>Ghent, Museum of Fine Arts, 1952: "Philippe de Champaigne," cat. no. 28, illus. p. 16. <br>New York, Duvee Brothers, 1952: "French Art in Painting and Sculpture of the Eighteenth Century," cat. no. 7. <br>CMA Dec. 1959: "Year in Review," Bull., p. 230. <br>Raleigh, North Carolina Museum of Art, 1963: "Carolina Charter Tercentenary Exhibition," cat. no. 64, pl. 64, repr. color on cover. <br>Musée de Bordeaux, France 1966: "La Peinture Française dans les Collections Américaines," cat. no. 5, illus. <br>Ottawa, The National Gallery of Canada, October 1967-January 1968: "The European Contribution to the Iconography of Canadian History," cat. no. 36, pl. XV (color). <br>Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT (2/15/2108 – 5/27/2018): "The Paston Treasure: Microcosm of the Known World"
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 210A Armor Court
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