Charles I in Three Positions -- Anthony van Dyck -- Oil on canvas - 1635/6 -- The King's Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse, Scotland.

Neither monster nor martyr, but a flawed character doomed in his attempt to rule three divergent and strife filled kingdoms and overwhelmed by larger social forces. transforming Britain and the world.

Wonderful painting used by Bernini as a reference for his (sadly destroyed) portrait bust.

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