Thursday, January 3, 2019

Painted Mythologies Collected by Charles II (1630-1685)

Karel Philips Spierincks
Venus sleeping, with Satyrs and Cupids
ca. 1630-40
oil on canvas
(purchased by Charles II through the agent William Frizell)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Andrea Schiavone
Judgement of Midas
ca. 1548-50
oil on canvas
(presented to Charles II by the states of Holland and West Friesland)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Abraham Bloemaert after a print by Hendrick Goltzius after a drawing by Bartholomeus Spranger
Marriage of Cupid and Psyche
ca. 1595
oil on panel
(purchased by Charles II through the agent William Frizell)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Johann Rottenhammer
Diana and Callisto
ca. 1602
oil on copper
(acquired from an unknown source by Charles II)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Christoph Schwartz
Abduction of the Sabine Women
ca. 1573
oil on canvas
(purchased by Charles II through the agent William Frizell)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Palma il Vecchio
Sibyl
ca. 1522-24
oil on canvas
(presented to Charles II by Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

attributed to Nicolas Régnier
Head of Classical Warrior
ca. 1630-60
oil on canvas
(purchased by Charles II through the agent William Frizell)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Parmigianino
Pallas Athena
ca. 1531-38
oil on canvas
(presented to Charles II by the states of Holland and West Friesland)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

workshop of Paolo Veronese
Venus, Mars and Cupid with mirror
ca. 1580
oil on canvas
(acquired from an unknown source by Charles II)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Giovanni Cariani
Venus in a landscape
ca. 1530-35
oil on canvas
(presented to Charles II)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Benedetto Gennari
Sleeping Venus with Cupids
ca. 1675-85
oil on canvas
(painted for Charles II in England by the nephew of Guercino)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Benedetto Gennari
Danaë receiving the Shower of Gold
1672-74
oil on canvas
(painted for Charles II in England by the nephew of Guercino)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Benedetto Gennari
Venus and the sleeping Adonis
1677-78
oil on canvas
(painted for Charles II in England by the nephew of Guercino)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Benedetto Gennari
Triumph of Galatea
1677-78
oil on canvas
(painted for Charles II in England by the nephew of Guercino)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Peter Paul Rubens (figures) and Frans Snyders (animals)
Diana and her Nymphs spied on by Satyrs
ca. 1616
oil on canvas
(ceded to Charles II  in 1651 by Lord Lisle - originally owned by Anne of Denmark, Charles's grandmother)
Royal Collection, Great Britain