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Manner of Sir Anthony van Dyck

Portrait of King Charles I, bust-length, wearing the collar of the Order of St George
oil on canvas
59.5 x 49cm



Provenance:
Collection of Mike Handford, 'Hillsleigh', Burford, Oxfordshire



Framed 72 x 61cm

The painting is executed in oil on a canvas support which has been lined. The canvas tension is good and the picture is in plane. The paint layers are thinly applied and have become worn and abraded. There is extensive overpaint present, applied in a brushy, wholesale manner. The overpaint appears slightly matte but is acceptable. The varnish is slightly yellowed but even and glossy with a layer of surface dirt present.

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