Van der Doort c.1639

Oval James I, crowned with a laurel, without hands

Walpole Society reference (1960): 
WS 162, № 43
Medium: 
white wax on a black ground; 9 in wax
Frame: 
black ebony octagonal case adorned on both sides with golden plate, the King's name with two letters under an Imperial Crown with a green laurel round it, also with golden joint and hooks
Notes: 
the King's name with two letters under an Imperial Crown with a green laurel round it
Room description extended: 
Book of pictures in wax, gold and silver, belonging to Anne of Denmark, left by her to van der Doort for Charles I
Original Manuscript page number: 
Windsor MS., f. 132
Identification certainty: 
Unknown