Portrait of King Charles II of England

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Portrait of King Charles II of England

Philippe de ChampaigneLinkedCulture matchlcp-b39df32bf24f

Date
1653
Medium
oil on canvas
Culture
France, 17th century
Department
European Painting and Sculpture
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
135875

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Charles II (1630–1685) fled England in 1651 during the English civil war and commissioned this portrait during his exile in France. Charles II never fought on the battlefield, but he was the last British monarch to wear a full suit of armor, which represented his rank and status. The king gestures to the sea beyond the Dover cliffs, and the waiting fleet reveals his intention to return to England, which he did in 1660. Charles is wearing a typical French cuirassier's armor. Meant for cavalry, the style indicates it was made around 1630 and was likely a gift as Charles would have been an infant at the time it was created.

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Credit line
The Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Collection
Provenance
Jules Feral (sale: Paris, Hotel Drouot, May 30, 1903, as portrait of James II by Lely); [E. Gimpel and Wildenstein, New York]; Stanley Mortimer, New York (sale: Parke-Bernet, December 2, 1944, no. 85, illus. p. 57); [Duveen Brothers, Inc., New York]. The Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Fund, 1959.

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