Portrait of King Charles I
Bust of Charles I

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Maker

Louis François Roubiliac (artist)
1695-1762

Title

Portrait of King Charles I
Bust of 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

Object Number

S.1947.LF.7

Mode of Acquisition

Arthur Hamilton Lee, bequest, 1947

Credit

Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

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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