Portrait of Charles I when Duke of York
Artist: Robert I Peake (1576 - 1626)
Location: Bristol's City Museum and Art Gallery
Date: 1605
Materials: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 112 x 83 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £1,500 (Total: £6,000)
Vendor: Agnew's
Review number: 2535 (1974)
Provenance:
By descent in the Tweeddale family
Description:
Peake appointed principal painter to Henry Prince of Wales soon after accession of James I and painted number of portraits of him and brother Charles. In the past, this picture was known as a portrait of Henry and even as James, 7th Lord Hay's son. But opinion is that the portrait is an early likemess of Charles I, when aged about five.
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