 |
|

02-15-2018, 06:56 AM
|
Heir Apparent
|
|
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Herefordshire, United Kingdom
Posts: 3,397
|
|
Yesterday's trip to the Royal Academy of Art [Piccadilly, London] to see 'Charles 1st, King and Collector', an exhibition which [for the first and only time since 1649], assembles much of the spectacular art collected by the King, and flogged off to various European collectors [by Oliver Cromwell] after his execution in 1649.
We were STUNNED, by the breadth, quality and number of the works on display. Regrettably photography was discouraged, but we managed a few sneaky ones..
The Pictures are mine own and therefore NOT subject to Copyright...
1] King Charles Ist , by Sir Anthony Van Dyke. Triple portrait dispatched to Rome so Gian Lorenzo Bernini could sculpt a bust [later lost] in the Whitehall Palace Fire[[1698]. Painted circa 1636.
2] Lady in Green by Agnolo Bronzino (1503 - 1572)
3] Charles Ist at his Trial by Edward Bower [1648/9]
4] Marcus Aurelius, Roman 2nd Century A.D.
There were countless large scale Tapestries, Frescoes, Portraits, Allegorical and Religious works [too large to photograph], by some of the greatest artists ever to practice, including Rembrandt, Da Vinci, Caravaggio,Velasquez, Holbein,Bruegel, Rubens and Van Dyke.
|

02-15-2018, 07:53 AM
|
Heir Apparent
|
|
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Herefordshire, United Kingdom
Posts: 3,397
|
|
After a 'slap up' Lunch at Fortnums we went to the second [and allied] exhibition at the Queens Gallery, [Buckingham Palace], 'Charles ll, Politics and Power' which charts the re-assembly of the Royal Collections after the 11 year interregnum, with Charles ll seeking to refurnish his empty Palaces. Many things were given/returned by Foreign powers seeking to befriend the newly powerful restored Monarch, and by Subjects hoping to do the same.
Photography was permitted, so here are many more Pictures...
1] Charles ll own Garter collar by Sir John Vyner [c 1661], made for the Coronation.
2] Charles ll -fragment of the mural decoration from St George's Hall, Windsor
3] River procession, Coronation Day 1661
4] King Charles II, by John Wright, 'in State' late 1670s.
|

02-15-2018, 08:06 AM
|
Heir Apparent
|
|
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Herefordshire, United Kingdom
Posts: 3,397
|
|
1] The Comtesse de Grammont, by Lely, one of the earliest and best of the 'Hampton Court Beauties', a series of portraits of the Female Courtiers at the Court of Charles ll, commissioned by the Kings sister-in Law [the Duchess of York].
2] King Charles II, by John Verelst (1648–1734.
For me the painting which best characterises the King of whom John Wilmot [2nd Earl of Rochester] memorably quipped
'We have a pretty, witty king, whose word no man relies on; He never said a foolish thing,nor ever did a wise one'....
3] Miniatures of King Charles lst and Queen Henrietta Maria.
4] Miniatures of [top] Catherine of Braganza,[bottom left] General Monck] and [bottom right] the Duke of Monmouth.
|

02-15-2018, 08:13 AM
|
Heir Apparent
|
|
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Herefordshire, United Kingdom
Posts: 3,397
|
|
Leonardo da Vinci Drawings...
|

02-15-2018, 08:17 AM
|
Heir Apparent
|
|
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Herefordshire, United Kingdom
Posts: 3,397
|
|
Hans Holbein drawings -
|

02-15-2018, 08:19 AM
|
Heir Apparent
|
|
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Herefordshire, United Kingdom
Posts: 3,397
|
|
And finally, an example of the furniture -
A Cabinet on Stand, in Crocus wood, with Silver mounts, circa 1660.
|

08-22-2018, 10:50 PM
|
 |
Imperial Majesty
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Bathurst, Australia
Posts: 14,037
|
|
And the consequence to this day is that the monarch is not allowed to enter the Commons - or its equivalent in any Westminster Parliament (other then QLD because there is no upper house there - there maybe other Westminster parliaments with only one house but I only know of Qld).
|

07-04-2019, 05:40 PM
|
Newbie
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2019
Location: soutpansberg, South Africa
Posts: 6
|
|
Beautiful miniature of King Charles1 alongside Queen Henrietta. Do other examples of plaques or Portrait reliefs still exist other than that of my own collection of course?
|

03-20-2020, 04:27 PM
|
 |
Imperial Majesty
|
|
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Conneaut, United States
Posts: 10,544
|
|
King Charles I wrote a book called Eikon Basilika. It was published on February 9, 1649, ten days after the King was beheaded.
|

01-12-2022, 06:00 PM
|
 |
Imperial Majesty
|
|
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Conneaut, United States
Posts: 10,544
|
|
Was the trial of King Charles I: justice or show trial?
|

02-25-2022, 11:18 PM
|
Newbie
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2022
Location: Warrington, United Kingdom
Posts: 1
|
|
Charles I
Why does the tombstone of Charles I have the year 1648 on it when he was executed in January of 1649?
|

02-26-2022, 12:28 AM
|
 |
Courtier
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Silicon Valley, United States
Posts: 840
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Manco
Why does the tombstone of Charles I have the year 1648 on it when he was executed in January of 1649?
|
Because in 1752, England changed New Year's Day from March 25 to January 1 when it adopted the Gregorian calendar. This involved a series of steps as outlined here:
https://libguides.ctstatelibrary.org...%20January%201.
Scroll down to the section "Changes of 1752."
|

03-05-2022, 12:22 PM
|
 |
Imperial Majesty
|
|
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Conneaut, United States
Posts: 10,544
|
|
One of King Charles I's fundraisers was a tax called Ship Money. Ship Money was supposed to be a tax paid by coastal towns for building ships in time of national danger. There was no national danger when Charles demanded the tax. King Charles demanded Ship Money from inland towns.
|

03-18-2022, 10:24 PM
|
 |
Imperial Majesty
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Lisboa, Portugal
Posts: 10,309
|
|
A nineteenth-century painting depicting Charles (centre in blue sash) before the battle of Edgehill, 1642.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...rt_Project.jpg
__________________
My blogs about monarchies
|

03-26-2022, 11:45 AM
|
 |
Imperial Majesty
|
|
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Conneaut, United States
Posts: 10,544
|
|
King Charles I was asked to sign a militia bill that would give the House of Commons command of the army. Charles refused to sign the militia bill.
|

11-16-2022, 09:49 AM
|
 |
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: An Iarmhí, Ireland
Posts: 37,000
|
|
A look at the artwork at Queen's House near Greenwich Palace,commissioned by Anne of Denmark but finished under Henrietta Maria between 1629 and 1635.
Today ,Queen's House forms part of the National Maritime Museum
https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics...e-queens-house
|
 |
|
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
|
|
Thread Tools |
Search this Thread |
|
|
Display Modes |
Linear Mode
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
|
Recent Discussions |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|