Video: The riddle of the triple portrait of Charles I: Why did it take three times to draw the monarch in one picture
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Anthony van Dyck is known primarily as a master of court portraits and paintings on religious themes. During his short life, the artist wrote more than 900 canvases. Among them, the "Triple Portrait of Charles I" deserves special attention. Why did the painter need to depict the monarch in one picture three times - later in the review.
Flemish painter Anthony van Dyck began painting portraits at the age of 14. At the age of 20, the artist was fortunate enough to become the court painter of the English king James I. Then he painted portraits of the Spanish Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia. But most of all, Anthony van Dyck was in demand and treated kindly at the court of King Charles I.
In the painting "Triple Portrait of Charles I" the king is depicted in three angles and in different clothes. The position of the hands is also different. The answer to the question of why van Dyck needed to paint such a strange portrait is quite simple. It was necessary to create a bust of the monarch. The fact is that the work of the sculptor required a certain investment of time, which the highest person never had in abundance. In the picture, the king is depicted from three angles so that the sculptor can convey all the details as accurately as possible.
It is worth noting that the English monarch was very pleased with van Dyck. He bestowed on him the title of knight and royal painter with a corresponding salary. During his service, the Flemish painter painted 35 portraits of Charles I, another 35 images of his wife Queen Henrietta Maria and many paintings with the participation of the children of the ruling dynasty.
In a huge the heritage of Anthony van Dyck found many and ambiguous canvases.
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