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Charles Louis I, Elector Palatine

Print
mid 17th century (printed)
Artist/Maker
Samuel Bernard (engraver)
Anthony Van Dyck (artist)
Place of origin
France (printed)

Print, portrait of a man, three-quarter-length, standing, in armour, holding a baton in his right hand and resting the arm on a plumed helmet, his left arm akimbo, the hand resting on his sword guard.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Portraits
Royalty
Object type
Print
TitleCharles Louis I, Elector Palatine (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Engraving
Brief description
Print, portrait of Charles Louis I, Elector Palatine, engraving by Samuel Bernard after Anthony Van Dyck, mid-17th century.
Physical description
Print, portrait of a man, three-quarter-length, standing, in armour, holding a baton in his right hand and resting the arm on a plumed helmet, his left arm akimbo, the hand resting on his sword guard.
Dimensions
  • Height: 27.9cm (cut)
  • Width: 25.7cm (cut)
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1960: Volume 2, Edgar Seligman Gift. London: HMSO, 1966.
Style
French School
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Van D: Com: Palat:' (Inscribed in ink in an early hand)
  • (Stamped with the mark of the collection of Sydney Vacher (1854-1935) (Lugt 2376))
Credit line
Given by Edgar Seligman
Object history
An inscription on the back states that this impression was formerly in the collection of the Earl of Pembroke.
Subjects depicted
Baton
Armour
Helmet
Charles Louis I
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1960: Volume 2, Edgar Seligman Gift. London: HMSO, 1966.
  • Mauquoy-Hendrickx, Marie. L’Iconographie d’Antoine Van Dyck. Brussels: Bibliothèque Royale Albert, 1991.
  • Bibliothèque National. Inventaire du Fonds Français. Paris: M. le Garrec, 1930.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.4326-1960

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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