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Born #OnThisDay in 1630: #CharlesII of England, Scotland & Ireland (1630-85)
Portrait by #JohnMichaelWright (1617-94), ca. 1660-5
#Stuart #Restoration
Born #OnThisDay in 1630: #CharlesII of England, Scotland & Ireland (1630-85)
Portrait by #DavidDesGranges (ca. 1611-72), after Adriaen Hanneman (ca. 1601-71), based on a work of 1648
#Stuart
Born #OnThisDay in 1630: #CharlesII of England, Scotland & Ireland (1630-85)
Portrait as a boy with a page by #WilliamDobson (1610-46), 1642
#Stuart #ChildrenInArt
Happy #OakAppleDay! Today we celebrate the Restoration of the monarchy! (R) #CharlesII triumphantly entered London OTD 29 May 1660. (L) Charles asleep as he hid with Carliss (Careless) from his enemies in an oak tree following the Battle of Worcester in 1651.
Mischief-making mistresses at #TheCourt of #CharlesII https://t.co/N2pgYj9uAA
Baptised #OnThisDay in 1611: English Baroque painter William #Dobson (1611-1646)
Portrait of King #CharlesII (1630-85), 1642
#WilliamDobson #EnglishArt
Baroque in Britain
The exhibition runs from February 5 - April 19, 2020 at the Tate Britain - Millbank, London, SW1P 4RG, United Kingdom.
To learn more.
https://t.co/dBQE4LSLSu
#baroque #britain #restoration #charlesII #queenanne #stuartperiod #exhibition #architecture #crown
Born #OnThisDay in 1650: #NellGwyn (1650-1687), mistress of #CharlesII
Portrait attributed to #SimonVerelst (1644-1721), ca. 1670
#Stuart #DutchArt #Baroque
Born #OnThisDay in 1716: #CharlesIII, King of Spain (1716-88)
Portrait byMariano Salvador #Maella (1739-1819) after Anton Raphael #Mengs (1728-79), ca. 1783-4
#CarlosIII #Bourbon
Happy BDay to Charles II, the Merry Monarch, who celebrated his 30th by claiming the throne.
#OnThisDay #otd #oakappleday #CharlesII
Don't miss 'Charles I's Treasures Reunited' on @BBCTwo tonight at 21:00.
See the artwork reunited for the first time since his execution in a new exhibition at the @royalacademy. Visit both #CharlesI & #CharlesII exhibitions with a joint ticket: https://t.co/XT9iJqO6W6