Charles I
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Victoria and Albert Museum
Londres, Royaume-Uni
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- 25 sept. 2026
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About the sculpture
The present bust (made ca. 1750-1850) is a later variant of the bronze bust of Charles I by Hubert Le Sueur given to the Bodleian Library Oxford by Archbishop Laud in 1636, and installed in an oval niche in the Library in 1641. It is likely that this bust as well as the version in the National Portrait Gallery were cast from a copy of the Bodleian original, although differences are apparent in the two later versions.
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Hubert Le Sueur (ca. 1590 – after 1658) was the son of a master armourer in Paris, where he became established as a court artist. He was appointed as one of the sculptors to Louis XIII in January 1614. In 1625 he was sent to England to work at the court of Charles I, shortly after the King's marriage to Louis' sister, Henrietta Maria. The use of marble is unique for Le Sueur's portrait busts, as he specialised primarily in bronze. His impressive equestrian bronze portrait of Charles I now in Trafalgar Square is signed and dated 1633.
Victoria and Albert Museum
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- A.12-1937
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