Charles I - Bronze Bust Fanelli. Some Notes.

 

Charles I .

Unique Bronze Bust

24.2 cms tall. 

Attributed to Francesco Fanelli (1590 - 1653).

(ffrancisco the one eyed Italian).

Sculptor to the King

c. 1635

Victoria and Albert Museum

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Provenance Mrs Marjorie Ionides Bought with the assistance of the National Art Fund

Photographs Victoria and Albert Museum

 

For more on Fanelli by Dr Charles Avery see -

 

https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=XDsmpwKipoQC&pg=PP6&lpg=PP6&dq=Charles+I+Fanelli&source=bl&ots=5rCTpzQnos&sig=9MOz0YTCvRBJDTgKhnLkc67IQDc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiftsGK9OXVAhXnLMAKHXHQDLgQ6AEILjAB#v=onepage&q=Charles%20I%20Fanelli&f=false

 

There is / was a bronze bust at Welbeck Abbey signed by Fanelli -

Franciscus Finellius Florentinus f. sculpt Magn. Brit Regis 1640.

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Charles I and Henrietta Maria

Quadrangle St Johns College Oxford
Presented by Archbishop Laud
Cost £400

This pair of statues have been traditionally ascribed to Fanelli but are probably by Le Sueur

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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