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Charles II

Etcher Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian
After Jan van den Hoecke Flemish
Sitter Charles, Prince of Wales British

1650

Not on view

Portrait of Charles II as a young man, half length to left, looking towards right, wearing collar, sash and star; frontispiece to 'DÃ©fence de la rÃ©ligion reformÃ©e, et de la monarchie et Ã©glise Anglicane' (The Hague, 1650); after Jan van den Hoecke.

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Title: Charles II

Series/Portfolio: Frontispiece to "Défence de la réligion reformée, et de la monarchie et église Anglicane" (The Hague, 1650)

Etcher: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)

Artist: After Jan van den Hoecke (Flemish, Antwerp 1611–1651 Brussels)

Sitter: Charles, Prince of Wales (British, London 1630–1685 London)

Date: 1650

Medium: Etching; only state

Dimensions: Sheet: 5 in. × 3 1/4 in. (12.7 × 8.3 cm) cut within the platemark

Classification: Prints

Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920

Accession Number: 20.81.3.212

Chronology

Central Europe (including Germany), 1600-1800 A.D.

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