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Charles I. Artist: After Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, Antwerp 1599-1641 London). Dimensions: Sheet: 5 13/16 × 4 1/8 in. (14.7 × 10.4 cm)cut within platemark. Etcher: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607-1677 London). Sitter: Charles I, King of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland (British, Dunfermline, Scotland 1600-1649 London). Date: 1649.Half-length portrait of the king facing to the left within an oval. He has long hair, a moustache and beard, and wears a wide-brimmed hat, a lace collar and a cloak emblazoned on the left shoulder with the star of the Order of Garter. Behind him is a landscape showing the Lambeth marshes, the Thames and, on the far bank, Westminster Abbey, Parliament Buildings, Whitehall and the new Banqueting House. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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