Apollo and Diana
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| Apollo and Diana | |
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| Artist | Gerard van Honthorst |
| Year | 1628 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 357 cm × 640 cm (141 in × 250 in) |
| Location | Hampton Court Palace, Richmond upon Thames, London |
| Owner | Royal Collection |
| Accession | RCIN 405746 |
Apollo and Diana or The Liberal Arts presented to King Charles and Henrietta Maria is a 1628 painting by Gerard van Honthorst, now on the Queen's Staircase at Hampton Court Palace as part of the Royal Collection.[1]
The artist spent the last nine months of 1628 in London working for Charles I of England, having previously been commissioned several times by Charles' sister Elizabeth. The work's original location is unknown, but it may have been a commission from the Duke of Buckingham in an attempt to compete with Rubens' recent Marie de' Medici cycle, whose creation Buckingham had seen in Paris.
At top left are Charles himself in the guise of Apollo and his wife Henrietta Maria as Apollo's sister Diana, with Buckingham as Mercury in the centre. The work's first mention in the written records places it in storage near Banqueting House.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ "Catalogue entry".
- ^ CW : White, C., 1982. The Dutch Pictures in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen, Cambridge – CW 74
- 1628 paintings
- 17th-century allegorical paintings
- Allegorical paintings by Dutch artists
- Charles I of England in art
- Paintings by Gerard van Honthorst
- Paintings in the Royal Collection of the United Kingdom
- Henrietta Maria of France
- Paintings of Apollo
- Paintings of Diana (mythology)
- Paintings of Mercury (mythology)