Sir Anthony van Dijck painting a portrait of King Charles I of England

Details

Karl Bennert (German, 1815-1885)
Sir Anthony van Dijck painting a portrait of King Charles I of England
signed, inscribed and indistinctly dated 'Charles Bennert Paris 1849'
oil on canvas
90.5 x 117 cm.

Literature

Friedrich von Boetticher, Malerwerke des Neunzehten Jahrhunderts, I, Frankfurt 1891/1969, p. 84, no. 5: 'Van Dyck, Karl I. von England malend'.

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Lot Essay

In 1632 Van Dyck started work in London as court painter to King Charles I. From 1632 until his death in 1641 he was mostly occupied with portraits of the English nobilty. Bennert depicts the moment when Van Dyck painted 'Charles I at the Hunt' in 1635. Van Dyck portays the monarch when he had just dismounted from his horse. The original is in the Musée du Louvre, Paris, inv. no. 1236.

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