Charles I
Subtitle: King and collector
By: exhibition curators, Per Rumberg, Desmond Shawe-Taylor ; assisted by Lucy Chiswell, Niko Munz
Contributors: Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)
Publisher: ACC Art Books; Royal Academy of Arts
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 267
ISBN-13: 9781910350676; 9781910350850
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Art patronage; Kings and rulers; Art collections; Exhibitions; History; Painting; Private collections
Description: During his reign, King Charles I (1600-1649) assembled one of Europe's most extraordinary art collections. Indeed, by the time of his death, it contained some 2,000 paintings and sculptures. 'Charles I: King and Collector' explores the origins of the collection, the way it was assembled and what it came to represent. Authoritative essays provide a revealing historical context for the formation of the King's taste. They analyse key areas of the collection, such as the Italian Renaissance, and how the paintings that Charles collected influenced the contemporary artists he commissioned. Following Charles's execution, his collection was sold. This book, which accompanies the exhibition, reunites its most important works in sumptuous detail. Featuring paintings by such masters as Van Dyck, Rubens and Raphael, this striking publication offers a unique insight into this fabled collection.

"Over a period of only two decades in the first half of the seventeenth century, King Charles I assembled one of the most spectacular art collections ever seen. Over 2,000 paintings and sculptures by such artists as Titian, Mantegna, Holbein, Dürer, Rubens and Van Dyck filled London's royal palaces and became the envy of the most magnficient courts of Europe. Charles I was executed on 30 January 1649, and over the following years his collection was scattered. This book reassembles his exceptional collection, and explores how and why he became the pre-eminent art collector of his age."
Notes: "In partnership with Royal Collection Trust."

Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Royal Academy of Arts in London, UK from January 27 to April 15, 2018--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-266) and index.

"Charles I: King and Collector" : January 27-April 15, 2018, the Royal Academy of Arts, London, England, United Kingdom.

Text in English.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / -- HRH The Prince of Wales -- Foreword / -- Christopher Le Brun -- Sponsor's preface -- Acknowledgements and Honorary Committee; title: 'The greatest amateur of paintings among the princes of the world'  -- Per Rumberg and Desmond Shawe-Taylor -- Chronology / -- Lucy Chiswell and Niko Munz; title: Artists and agents:; title: Connoisseurship at the Caroline Court  -- Jeremy Wood; title: Madrid and Mantua:; title: Charles I's visit to Madrid  -- Guido Rebecchini ;; title: 'Rare and unique in this world': Mantegna's Triumph and the Gonzaga Collection  -- Barbara Furlotti and Guido Rebecchini; title: The Northern Renaissance:; title: Charles I and the Northern Renaissance  -- David Ekserdjian; title: The Italian Renaissance:; title: Charles I and the Italian Renaissance  -- David Ekserdjian; title: The royal portrait:; title: The 'act and power of a face': Van Dyck's royal portraits  -- Desmond Shawe-Taylor; title: Van Dyck and Rubens in England:; title: Van Dyck, Titian and Charles I  -- Per Rumberg ;; title: Rubens, painter and diplomat  -- Gregory Martin; title: The Queen's house:; title: Henrietta Maria, Charles I and the Italian Baroque  -- Karen Serres; title: The Mortlake Tapestries:; title: Charles I and Raphael's Acts of the Apostles  -- Helen Wyld; title: The Whitehall Cabinet:; title: A 'more solitary place': Charles I and his Cabinet -- Vanessa Remington and Lucy Whitaker.