Frontispiece to 'Eikon Basilike'

Wenceslaus Hollar|Charles I, King of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland

1649 · Etching, only state · Drawings and Prints

Frontispiece to 'Eikon Basilike' (a version of William Marshall's design); emblematical design in two compartments; to right, Charles I on a terrace kneeling on his left knee, looking upwards in profile to right, holding a crown of thorns, a book propped on the table in front of him, and a crown and globe at his feet; a ray extends from his left eye to the crown of martyrdom at top right; another ray from the back of his head extends to clouds in the left-hand compartment where a rock rises from a stormy sea, in the foreground, a shore with palm trees one bearing a tray laden with weights.

Artist

Wenceslaus Hollar|Charles I, King of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland

Date

1649

Medium

Etching, only state

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Gift of Carl J. Ulmann, 1924