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| Artist | After Dyck, Anthony van (Flemish painter, 1599-1641, active in England) |
| Title | King Charles I |
| Date earliest | probably about 1700 |
| Date latest | probably about 1760 |
| Material | oil on glass |
| Measurements | 75 x 61 cm (estimate) |
| Description | This portrait of Charles I (1600-1649), painted on glass, is a copy of a painting by Van Dyck. The specific folds and creases on the blue Garter ribbon around the king's neck indicate that the picture copied was the portrait now at Chequers Court, which Van Dyck painted about 1636. The artist of the present portrait probably used a painted copy of the original portrait, or an engraved or mezzotinted version of it. The artist painted the portrait by starting with the highlighted areas and painting the background last, the reverse of the normal portraiture procedure. |
| Subject | portrait (King Charles I) |
| Collection | National Trust for Scotland (Castle Fraser) |
| Current accession number | Pending |
| Acquisition details | Given by Major and Mrs Michael Smiley 1976. |
| Provenance | Brought from China by Major William Mackenzie of Seaforth; by descent; sold to the 1st Viscount Cowdray in 1921; by descent to Major and Mrs Michael Smiley. |
| Notes | The portrait of Charles I at Chequers (The Administravtive Trustees of the Chequers Trust) is illustrated in Barnes, S. J., De Poorter, N., Millar, O. and Vey, H., Van Dyck: A Complete Catalogue of the Paintings, New Haven and London, p. 474, no. IV.57. |
| Rights status | National Trust for Scotland |
| Author | David Taylor |
