Thursday, January 3, 2019

Devotional Paintings Collected by Charles II (1630-1685)

Maarten van Heemskerck
The Four Last Things
1565
oil on panel
(purchased by Charles II through the agent William Frizell)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Maarten van Heemskerck
Jonah under his Gourd
1561
oil on panel
(purchased by Charles II through the agent William Frizell)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Pieter Brueghel the Elder
Massacre of the Innocents
ca. 1565-67
oil on panel
(purchased by Charles II through the agent William Frizell)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Anonymous Flemish painter
Adam and Eve
ca. 1680
oil on canvas
(acquired from an unknown source by Charles II)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Crispin van den Broeck
Christ healing the Sick
1577
oil on canvas
(acquired by Charles II from the painter John Michael Wright)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Anthony van Dyck
Infant Christ and St John the Baptist
ca. 1639
oil on canvas
(acquired from an unknown source by Charles II)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Bonifazio Veronese
The Two Holy Families with St Roch, Tobias & Raphael, and a Shepherd
ca. 1520-30
oil on canvas
(presented to Charles II by the states of Holland and West Friesland)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Paris Bordone
Virgin and Child with Donors
ca. 1535-40
oil on canvas
(acquired from an unknown source by Charles II)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Paolo Veronese and workshop
Mystic Marriage of St Catherine of Alexandria
ca. 1562-69
oil on canvas
(presented to Charles II by the states of Holland and West Friesland)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Titian and workshop
Madonna and Child in a landscape with Tobias and the Angel
ca. 1535-40
oil on panel
(presented to Charles II by the states of Holland and West Friesland)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Carlo Dolci
Salome with the Head of St John the Baptist
ca. 1665-70
oil on canvas
(commissioned by Sir John Finch in Florence and presented to Charles II)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Andrea Schiavone
Christ before Pilate
ca. 1555-58
oil on canvas
(presented to Charles II by the states of Holland and West Friesland)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Andrea Schiavone
Holy Family with St Catherine and St John the Baptist
ca. 1540-45
oil on canvas
(acquired from an unknown source by Charles II)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Georges de La Tour
St Jerome
ca. 1621-23
oil on canvas
(purchased by Charles II through the agent William Frizell)
Royal Collection, Great Britain