Charles Louis, Elector Palatine

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Artist Sir Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, 1599–1641)Flemish, 1599–1641

CultureFlemish

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Charles Louis, Elector Palatine

Date1637

PlaceEngland

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsCanvas: 40 1/8 × 32 1/16 in. (101.9 × 81.4 cm)
Frame: 51 11/16 × 45 in. (131.3 × 114.3 cm)

Credit LineThe Edith A. and Percy S. Straus Collection

Object number44.532

Current Location

The Audrey Jones Beck Building

208 Friends Of Old Masters

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Department

Arts of Europe and the Mediterranean

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Object Type

PAINTING

ProvenanceThomas Howard, Earl of Arundel (1586–1646); George Edmonstoune Cranstoun, Lord Corehouse (d. 1850); by descent to his great-great nephew Colonel Charles Edmonstoune-Cranstoun of Corehouse (d. 1950); [purchased by Robert Langton Douglas, London, December 24, 1930]; purchased by Percy S. Straus, New York, May 1931; bequeathed to MFAH, 1944.
Exhibition History"Loan Exhibition of Works by Old Masters," Edinburgh, 1883.

"Van Dyck Exhibition," Grosvenor Gallery, London, 1886–87.

"Masterpieces of Art," New York World's Fair, 1939.

Isaac Delgado Museum of Art, New Orleans, 1960.

"School Exhibition," Corpus Christi Art Foundation, Inc., Texas, 1961.

"A Permanent Heritage: Major Works from the Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 23, 1980–January 4, 1981.

“Masterpieces of European Painting from the 15th to 20th Centuries from The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation," Museum of Art, Ehime, Matsuyama, Japan, April 13–May 30, 1999; Chiba Prefectural Art Museum, Japan, June 5–July 11, 1999; Mie Prefectural Art Museum, Tsu, Japan, July 17–August 22, 1999; Fukuoka Art Museum, Japan, August 27–October 3, 1999.

"Passion for Perfection: The Straus Collection of Renaissance Art," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 21, 2017–June 17, 2018.

"New Light on Old Masters: European Art from Houston Collections," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 2, 2021–January 23, 2022.
Published References The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Catalogue of the Edith A. and Percy S. Straus Collection, Houston, Texas, April 1945, p. 21-22, illus. pl. 33 Masterpieces of European Painting from the 15th to 20th Centuries from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, published by the Museum of Art, Ehime; Chiba Prefectural Art Museum; Mie Prefectural Art Museum; Fukuoka Art Museum; and the Yomiuri Shimbun, the Japan Association of Art Museums, 1999. (Exhibition catalogue in Japanese only.) p. 120, illus. p. 121, cat. no. 35.

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