The Three Eldest Children of Charles I is an oil painting on canvas of 1635 by Anthony van Dyck in the Galleria Sabauda in Turin. Didier Bodart, Van Dyck, Prato, Giunti, 1997. Justus Müller Hofstede, Van Dyck, Milano, Rizzoli/Skira, 2004.
It shows Charles II, Mary and James II, the three eldest children of Charles I and his wife Henrietta Maria of France, with a spaniel to the left. Christopher Brown, Van Dyck 1599–1641, Milano, RCS Libri, 1999, . It was commissioned by their mother to send to her sister Christine of France in Turin. Gian Pietro Bellori, Vite de' pittori, scultori e architecti moderni, Torino, Einaudi, 1976. Stefano Zuffi, Il Barocco, Verona, Mondadori, 2004.
See also List of paintings by Anthony van Dyck
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