England's Apelles and the "sprezzatura" of Kingship: Anthony van Dyck's "Charles I in the Hunting-Field" reconsidered

• Autores: Christiane Hille
• Localización: Artibus et historiae: an art anthology, ISSN 0391-9064, Nº. 65, 2012, págs. 151-166
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Focusing on the detail of the king�s protruding elbow in Anthony van Dyck�s portrait of Charles I in the Hunting-Field from 1635, the article assesses the much discussed canvas with regard to the painter�s artistic reflection on the material conditions of royal representation � an aspect hitherto left unconsidered. Demonstrating the influence of Baldassare Castiglione and Franciscus Junius on Van Dyck, the article discusses the artist�s reception of the notion of the sprezzatura as both an aesthetic ideal promoted in Italian art theory, and a technical term current in the Northern tradition. Charles I in the Hunting-Field, it is argued, presents an artistic linking of both schools with the visual tradition of the English royal portrait, by which Van Dyck fashioned both a new model of court portraiture and himself as England�s new Apelles.