Workshop of MARCUS GHEERAERTS, the Younger (1561-1635)

Property of THE COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG FOUNDATION, sold to benefit acquisitions (Lots 24-27)

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Workshop of MARCUS GHEERAERTS, the Younger (1561-1635)

Portrait of King Christian IV of Denmark as a Knight of the Garter, standing full length, wearing a black costume with a lace collar and cuffs, his left hand resting on a sword and holding a baton, beside a table with a plumed helmet, before a draped curtain

inscribed 'Anno 1614'--oil on canvas
78½ x 51¾in. (199.3 x 131.5cm.)

Lot Essay

King Christian IV visited Queen Anne and King James, his sister and brother-in-law, in England in 1606 and again in 1614. His portrait was painted on each occasion, and the present lot is a replica of a portrait by Gheeraerts the Younger's (Art Museum, Princeton University, NJ) executed in July 1614.