Charles I, King of England
1697
Medium
Etching with engraving and stipple on cream laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 29.7 × 17.3 cm (11 3/4 × 6 13/16 in.); Plate: 31.3 × 18.4 cm (12 3/8 × 7 1/4 in.); Sheet: 37.4 × 22.4 cm (14 3/4 × 8 7/8 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
42495
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Benoit Audran, I · 1661–1721
Benoît Audran the Elder (also known as Benoît Audran I) was born on 23 November 1661 in Lyon, France, the second son of the engraver Germain Audran and a member of the distinguished Audran family of artists active in Lyon and Paris. He received his first instruction in engraving from his father before traveling to Paris as a young man to study under his uncle, the celebrated Gérard Audran. This ri...