Saturday, January 5, 2019

17th-century Paintings Collected by Charles II (1630-1685)

Jan de Bray
Portrait of the artist's family posed as The Banquet of Cleopatra
1652
oil on canvas
(acquired from an unknown source by Charles II)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Daniel Seghers
Cartouche embellished with Garland of Flowers
ca. 1640-49
oil on copper
(possibly presented by the artist to Charles II as Prince of Wales)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Hendrick van Steenwyck the Younger
Figures on a Terrace
ca. 1615
oil on copper (cabinet miniature)
(acquired from an unknown source, probably by Charles II)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Hendrick van Steenwyck the Younger
Liberation of St Peter
ca. 1615
oil on copper (cabinet miniature)
(acquired from an unknown source, probably by Charles II)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Jacob Huysmans
Portrait of Frances Stewart, later Duchess of Richmond (in male attire)
ca. 1664
oil on canvas
(probably commissioned by Charles II)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Gerard Houckgeest
Charles I, Queen Henrietta Maria, and Charles II when Prince of Wales dining in public
1635
oil on panel
(acquired or inherited by Charles II)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Johannes Lingelbach
Embarkation of Charles II at Scheveningen (to assume the British throne)
ca. 1660-70
oil on canvas
(probably commissioned by Charles II)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Willem van de Velde the Younger
The Royal Escape in a breeze (yacht owned by Charles II)
ca. 1675
oil on canvas
(probably commissioned by Charles II)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Hendrick Danckerts
Hampton Court Palace (showing new landscaping)
ca. 1665-67
oil on canvas
(probably commissioned by Charles II)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Hendrick Danckerts
Classical Landscape
1677
oil on canvas
(probably commissioned by Charles II)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Hendrick Danckerts
Classical Landscape
1677
oil on canvas
(probably commissioned by Charles II)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Frans Snyders
Boar Hunt
1653
oil on canvas
(acquired from an unknown source by Charles II)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Simon Verelst
Bunch of Grapes
ca. 1670-75
oil on canvas
(probably commissioned by Charles II)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Benedetto Gennari (nephew of Guercino)
Sleeping Shepherd discovered by Two Women
1680-81
oil on canvas
(erotic picture commissioned for the apartamento segreto of Charles II)
Royal Collection, Great Britain