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GERRIT VAN HONTHORST (UTRECHT 1590-1656)

The Four eldest Children of the King and Queen of Bohemia

Signed and dated 1631

RCIN 404971

The niece and nephews of Charles I are portrayed in mythological costume; Princess Elizabeth as the huntress Diana with a bow in hand and a crescent moon in her hair and Prince Rupert as Apollo, crowned with a laurel wreath. He presents Princes Charles Louis and Maurice, dressed as Arcadian hunters proffering the gift of a dead hare.

Purchased by Her Majesty The Queen, 1958


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