Wednesday, January 2, 2019

Homage to Antiquity in the Art Collection of Charles I

Roman Empire
Bust of Marcus Aurelius
AD 139-150
marble
(purchased by Charles I from the Gonzaga collection in Mantua)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Roman Empire
Bust of Faustina the Younger, consort of Marcus Aurelius
AD 150-175
marble
(purchased by Charles I from the Gonzaga collection in Mantua -
damaged in anti-royalist rioting during the English Civil War)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Roman Empire
Bust of Livia Drusilla (possibly)
AD 150
marble
(purchased by Charles I from the Gonzaga collection in Mantua -
damaged in anti-royalist rioting during the English Civil War)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Roman Empire
Bust of Antinous
AD 130-150
marble
(purchased by Charles I from the Gonzaga collection in Mantua)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Roman Empire
Bust of Youth wearing Wreath
AD 125-175
marble
(purchased by Charles I from the Gonzaga collection in Mantua)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Roman Empire
Aphrodite, or, Crouching Venus 
2nd century AD
marble
(purchased by Charles I from the Gonzaga collection in Mantua -
sold after the King's execution to Sir Peter Lely, but recovered at the Restoration)
Royal Collection, on display at the British Museum

Roman Empire
Aphrodite, or, Crouching Venus 
2nd century AD
marble
(purchased by Charles I from the Gonzaga collection in Mantua -
sold after the King's execution to Sir Peter Lely, but recovered at the Restoration)
Royal Collection, on display at the British Museum

Roman Empire
Aphrodite, or, Crouching Venus 
2nd century AD
marble
(purchased by Charles I from the Gonzaga collection in Mantua -
sold after the King's execution to Sir Peter Lely, but recovered at the Restoration)
Royal Collection, on display at the British Museum

Roman Empire
Aphrodite, or, Crouching Venus 
2nd century AD
marble
(purchased by Charles I from the Gonzaga collection in Mantua -
sold after the King's execution to Sir Peter Lely, but recovered at the Restoration)
Royal Collection, on display at the British Museum

workshop of Giulio Romano
An Emperor on Horseback
ca. 1536-39
oil on panel
(purchased by Charles I from the Gonzaga collection in Mantua)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

workshop of Giulio Romano
An Emperor on Horseback
ca. 1536-39
oil on panel
(purchased by Charles I from the Gonzaga collection in Mantua)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

workshop of Giulio Romano
Nero playing while Rome burns
ca. 1536-39
oil on panel
(purchased by Charles I from the Gonzaga collection in Mantua)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

workshop of Giulio Romano
Omen of Claudius's Imperial Powers
ca. 1536-39
oil on panel
(purchased by Charles I from the Gonzaga collection in Mantua)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

workshop of Giulio Romano
Sacrifice of a Goat to Jupiter
ca. 1536-39
oil on panel
(purchased by Charles I from the Gonzaga collection in Mantua -
sold in England after the King's execution,
but recovered at the Restoration)
Royal Collection, Great Britain