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This is a sketch for one of nine canvasses Rubens painted for the ceiling of the Banqueting House at Whitehall Palace in London. A female nude representing bounty empties a cornucopia loaded with fruit, coins, and the royal sceptre and crown. Charles I commissioned this allegory to celebrate the liberality and prosperity of his father James, and the whole Stuart dynasty. Ironically, the ceiling was the last work of art Charles I saw as he stepped onto the executioner’s scaffold from the Banqueting House in 1649.

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

London

Title

Bounty of James I Triumphing over Avarice

Date

1632–1633

Medium

oil on panel

Measurements

H 46.2 x W 30.8 cm

Accession number

P.1978.PG.377

Acquisition method

Princes Gate bequest, 1978

Work type

Painting

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