Attributed to Jacob Van Der Ulft (1627-89)
The Coronation of Charles II as King of Scotland at Scone, 1 January 1651 (?) c.1647-57
Brush drawing in black with watercolour, heightened with white; indented for transfer | 10.9 x 13.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 906544
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A drawing of the interior of a church with the King seated beneath a canopy being crowned, while a master of ceremonies in the centre summons people to make their obeisance before a large group of onlookers. Although this drawing was not engraved, it appears to be ensuite with RCIN 906538-906551 which are either the preparatory drawings or presumably rejected designs for the first illustrated edtion prepared by Jan Gysius, of Adam Haemstede, Historie der Martelaren, published in Dordrecht, 1657.
Provenance
First recorded in a Royal Collection inventory of c.1810 (Inv. A, p. 118: '14. Small ones of the Barbarous Executions of the Protestants in Flanders')
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Medium and techniques
Brush drawing in black with watercolour, heightened with white; indented for transfer
Measurements
10.9 x 13.0 cm (sheet of paper)
