Charles II as a youth
Portrait Miniature
ca.1638-1640 (painted)
ca.1638-1640 (painted)
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Portrait, head and shoulders, turned slighlty to left and looking to front; wearing a high collar and a sash. Features in brown, stippled softly over a thin yellowish carnation ground, with black and dark brown for the eyes and deeper shadows; the hair in brown washes, hatched with darker colour and with gouache lights; costume and landscape background in opaque washes; the costume ornament in metallic gold and silver; on vellum put down on a leaf from a table-book.
Frame: Nineteenth-century copper-gilt rim of rounded section, the glass held in a rebate and the back held by a toothed rim; the whole fitted into an oval fruitwood frame stained black, which has straight sides and a front with a deep scotia moulding separated from an outer channel by a raised thread.
Frame: Nineteenth-century copper-gilt rim of rounded section, the glass held in a rebate and the back held by a toothed rim; the whole fitted into an oval fruitwood frame stained black, which has straight sides and a front with a deep scotia moulding separated from an outer channel by a raised thread.
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Title | Charles II as a youth (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | Watercolour on vellum put down on a leaf from a table-book |
Brief description | Portrait miniature of Charles II as a youth, watercolour on vellum, painted by David des Granges, ca.1638-1640. |
Physical description | Portrait, head and shoulders, turned slighlty to left and looking to front; wearing a high collar and a sash. Features in brown, stippled softly over a thin yellowish carnation ground, with black and dark brown for the eyes and deeper shadows; the hair in brown washes, hatched with darker colour and with gouache lights; costume and landscape background in opaque washes; the costume ornament in metallic gold and silver; on vellum put down on a leaf from a table-book. Frame: Nineteenth-century copper-gilt rim of rounded section, the glass held in a rebate and the back held by a toothed rim; the whole fitted into an oval fruitwood frame stained black, which has straight sides and a front with a deep scotia moulding separated from an outer channel by a raised thread. |
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Credit line | Bequeathed by George Salting |
Object history | Charles was installed with the Order of the Garter on 21 May 1638. This portrait by David Des Granges must have been painted after that date as he is wearing the blue sash of the order. |
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Accession number | P.115-1910 |
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Record created | July 14, 2003 |
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