Monday, December 31, 2018

16th-century Paintings Collected by Charles I (1600-1649)

Adam Elsheimer
Witch riding backwards on a Goat
ca. 1596-98
oil on copper
(acquired from an unknown source by Charles I)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Aertgen van Leyden
Martyrdom of St Sebastian
ca. 1530
oil on panel
(purchased by Charles I from Sir James Palmer -
sold in England after the King's execution, but recovered at the Restoration)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Jan Provoost
Virgin and Child with Saints and Donors
ca. 1525
oil on panel (triptych)
(purchased by Charles I from the Gonzaga collection in Mantua)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

François Clouet
Miniature portrait of Elizabeth of Valois, later Queen of Spain
ca. 1549
watercolor on vellum
(presented to Charles I by Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Lodewijk Toeput
Pleasure Garden with a Maze
ca. 1579-84
oil on canvas
(purchased in Venice for Robert Carr, Earl of Somerset, and subsequently given to Charles I)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

follower of Cornelis Massys
Landscape
ca. 1550
oil on panel
(purchased by Charles I from the Gonzaga collection in Mantua)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Francesco Vecellio (younger brother of Titian)
Lucretia
ca. 1530
oil on canvas
(purchased by Charles I from the Gonzaga collection in Mantua -
at that time attributed to Titian)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

follower of Giulio Romano
Abduction of Europa
ca. 1550-80
oil on panel
(purchased by Charles I from the Gonzaga collection in Mantua)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Jacopo Bassano
Journey of Jacob
ca. 1561
oil on canvas
(acquired from an unknown source by Charles I -
sold in England after the King's execution, but recovered at the Restoration)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Palma il Giovane
Prometheus chained to the Caucasus
ca. 1570
oil on canvas
(inherited by Charles I from his deceased elder brother -
sold in England after the King's execution, but recovered at the Restoration)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Hans Holbein
Portrait of Derich Born
1533
oil on panel
(acquired from an unknown source by Charles I)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Hans Holbein
Portrait of a merchant of the German Steelyard
ca. 1532
oil on panel
(presented to Charles I by Henry Vane)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Hans Holbein
Portrait of William Reskimer
ca. 1532-33
oil on panel
(presented to Charles I by Sir Robert Killigrew)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Hans Holbein
Miniature portrait of Charles Brandon, later 3rd Duke of Suffolk
1541
watercolor on vellum
(presented to Charles I by Sir Henry Fanshawe)
Royal Collection, Great Britain