Attributed to DANIEL MYTENS I (1590-1656/60)

Details

Attributed to DANIEL MYTENS I (1590-1656/60)

Portrait of King Charles I as the Prince of Wales, full length, before a green velvet drape, wearing the Order of Saint George, a gold embroidered doublet and breeches, his left hand resting beside his hat on a table

oil on canvas--unframed
85½ x 53 1/8in. (217.4 x 147.7cm.)

Provenance

Francis H. Howard, 1954

Lot Essay

Daniel Mytens executed several portraits of Charles I as Prince of Wales, with numerous differences to the present composition. These include the painting in the collection of the Marquis of Zetland and that in the collection of the Marquis of Bath