Potentiss. ac Sereniss. D.D. Carolus II Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae, ac Hiberniae Rex

Date1660-1685

Artist/Maker Clemendt de Longhe

MediumBlack and white line engraving and etching

DimensionsOH: 20" x OW: 16 1/2" (trimmed to platemark)

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1930-491

DescriptionLower margin reads: "POTENTISS'. AC SERENIS S'. D.D. CAROLUS II. ANGLIAE, SCOTIAE, FRANCIAE, AC HIBERNIAE REX./ Hier praalt het coonder beelt van Carolus de twede,/ Die met Syn Konings - mapt de werelt brengt in crede:/Dodt geef Syn ryk in vreed veel eeuwen miagh bestaan/Tot Godes eer, Syn heyl, en vreught der onderdaan./ Les Cieux voulans mostrer tout ce que leur rondeur/ Nous gardoit de plus beau, de plus rare et plus digne:/ Firenet naistre en ces jours ce Charles tres insigne:/ Le Dieu, ce tout puissant, le garde a son honneur./ Hier stehet Konig Karl, zum weh und troty dem Neid,/Der brosse Stuarts Sohn, das Wurder dieser zeit,/In welchem Engellands verbaante Majestaht/Nun wieder als ein strahl vol vlitz zu trohne geht./ Behold the greates King that ever England saw,/Not only born to reigne, and cold by human Law;/But raised, as it were from death: that all might See/ His Throne a Faiths reward & heav'nlij Gist to bee./ E von Zelen/ Clemendt de Longhe[?]"
Label TextKing Charles II is shown on horseback dressed in armour; the horse is outstanding for long flowing mane and tail; in the background is a river and city; a great many boats can be seen on the river and what might be troops forming on the shore.