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Portrait of King Charles I

Maker

Louis François Roubiliac (artist)
1695-1762

Title

Portrait of King Charles I

Date of Production

c. 1759

Medium

medium : material : terracotta & pigment & marble (socle)

Dimensions

Height: 82.5 cm
Width: 64 cm
Depth: 23.5 cm

Accession Number

S.1947.LF.7

Mode of Acquisition

Arthur Hamilton Lee, bequest, 1947

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

On display

Keywords




Label Text

In the 18th century, sculpted portraits of great men in history, called ‘worthies’, were fashionable among the British elite. Busts of King Charles I were less common than other figures. A splendid marble portrait of the King was made by the French-born sculptor Louis-François Roubiliac. He ran a successful practice and was admired for his lifelike portraits. This bust, with its simplified drapery and shallow three-dimensionality, seems to have been produced in his workshop as a less costly version, or multiple, of the more finely detailed marble work.

Provenance

Lee Bequest 1947

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