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Charles II. Ca. 1680. Oil on canvas. Room 019. The most characteristic depiction of Felipe IV towards the end of his life is a half-length one, wearing dark clothes with the emblem of the Order of the Golden Fleece around his neck and standing out against a similarly dark background. More than twenty copies of this model devised by Velázquez ...
Barbara Villiers was Charles II’s principal mistress between 1660 and 1670 and the most powerful woman at court until she was supplanted by Louise de Kéroualle. The daughter of the Royalist William Villiers, 2nd Viscount Grandison (1614–43), she married Roger Palmer (1634–1705) in 1659; she was granted the title of Countess of ...
Charles II (r. 1660–85) married Catherine of Braganza in May 1662. Part of her large dowry was the Portuguese territory of ‘Bom Bahia’ (Bombay) on the western coast of India, modern Mumbai. The king agreed to transfer control of Bombay to the East India Company and it soon became their base. Nicholas Dixon (1660-1708)
These were made specially by Sir Robert Vyner, the King’s goldsmith as the earlier regalia had been destroyed during the Interregnum and a still-life image depicting the regalia is in the Museum of London (90.344/2). Although this painting would appear to have been painted in 1661, soon after Charles II’s Coronation on 23rd April in that ...
10 de dic. de 2017 · Charles II collected the drawings of Leonardo, Michelangelo and Holbein. Small corner rooms contain these extraordinary portraits – a gnarled old man, the head of the Virgin, an Elizabethan ...
Description. Mezzotint of Charles II as king. Three quarter length with lace cravat, armour, ribbon with order over right shoulder and baton in left hand. Plate cut down without inscription. First state, possible proof before lettering. For counter proof with lettering see RCIN 602527.
Horse racing was revived following the Restoration and became one of Charles II's passions. The king frequently visited Newmarket and even competed in some of the races, winning the Newmarket Town Plate in 1671 and 1675. Often considered the first racing print, this etching depicts the final race watched by Charles II, at Windsor on 24 August 1684.
