Christopher Baker is director of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery and acting director of the Scottish National Gallery.

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Charles I ('Le Roi à la chasse') (detail; c. 1635), Anthony Van Dyck. Musée du Louvre, Paris.

Charles I, the connoisseur king

His political judgements may have been poor, but Charles I’s art collection was first rate

3 Mar 2018

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