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Charles I (1600-1649)
Bronze | 56.5 x 39.8 x 22.2 cm (whole object) | RCIN 29930
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Gilt-bronze equestrian statuette of Charles I depicted in full armour, holding a staff in his right hand. Set on an ebony plinth with bronze foliate borders inset with a gilt bronze roundel of St.George and Dragon. Related to Hubert Le Sueur's equestrian statue of Charles I from circa 1633, this is probably the first bronze reduction of an equestrian portrait of an English sovereign and it has been suggested that it could be identified with Charles I's 'picture of horseback upon a black wooden Peddistall belonging to - Sommersett House' listed in the Van der Doort's inventory from circa 1639.
Provenance
Bought by Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother in 1947, from Collection of Mary, Lady Millais
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Medium and techniques
Bronze
Measurements
56.5 x 39.8 x 22.2 cm (whole object)
33.0 x 27.0 x 11.0 cm (excluding base/stand)