Showing posts with label Van Steenwijck. Show all posts
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3 December 2011

Rarely seen Charles I painting in government collection

An Interior with King Charles I, Queen Henrietta Maria, Jeffery Hudson,
William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke and his brother Philip Herbert,
later 4th Earl of Pembroke,
Henry van Steenwijck, c,1630-35, (GAC)

The current series of exhibitions at the Whitechapel Gallery in London marks the first time the Government Art Collection (GAC) has been exhibited the public in its 113-year history.

Although not earmarked at the time of writing for public viewing, a painting of Charles I surely ranks as his most informal adult depiction ...