Elizabeth Goldring

A passion for painting at the early Stuart courts

Charles I’s patronage of the arts, in particular, inspired his courtiers to commission their own family portraits and spend fortunes on acquiring Venetian masterpieces

Henry, Prince of Wales, by Robert Peake, 1610. [Alamy]
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  • The Stuart Image: English Portraiture 1603 to 1649

    Roy Strong

    The Boydell Press, pp. 192, £30

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