Charles II

Anthony van Dyck|Wenceslaus Hollar|Charles, Prince of Wales

1649 · Etching; third state of six (NH) · Drawings and Prints

The future Charles II is portrayed as a youth, three-quarter length, wearing flat lace-edged collar, coat and sword, gloves. He leans on a baton and holds a hat. Behind is a view of the Banqueting House, Whitehall. Based on an earlier painting by Van Dyck, the print was published in 1649, following the execution of Charles I, when the subject was nineteen and leading Royalist troops in the English Civil War. He would only be crowned (and officially assume the titles recorded here in the engraved text below the image) in 1660, following the Commonwealth, and Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell.

Artist

Anthony van Dyck|Wenceslaus Hollar|Charles, Prince of Wales

Date

1649

Medium

Etching; third state of six (NH)

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917