Painting: Portrait of Charles I (1600-1649)

DateCa. 1640

Possibly by Daniel Mytens

After work by Sir Anthony Van Dyck (1599-1641)

OriginEurope, Belgium, Flanders or Great Britain (possibly)

MediumOil on oak panel

DimensionsUnframed: 16 3/4" x 13 15/16" (42.6 cm. x 33.8 cm.) Framed: 24 1/4" x 21 1/4" x 2 3/4"

Credit LineGift of John T. and Gretchen Howell.

Object number1998-3,A&B

DescriptionPortrait of Charles I sitting at three-quarter profile to his proper right. He looks to the viewer over his left shoulder and wears a white collar, the Ribbon, and the Order of the Garter. The portrait's frame is gilt and made from wood and composition.

ProvenanceCa. 1680, Sir Thomas Whitcombe (Bridgenorth, England); by direct family descent to Lady Whitmore; 1982, sold to John P. Howell; by descent? to his son, John T. Howell [1941-2021], and Gretchen Howell (Hiawassee, GA); 1998-present, given to The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.