The artist has been working on this painting since 2020, when it was commissioned while he was still the Prince of Wales.
The first official portrait of King Charles III of the United Kingdom It came to light this Tuesday, just over a year after his coronation, on May 6, 2023.
Signed by the portrait painter Jonathan Yeothe painting shows, in shades of red, the British monarch dressed in the uniform of the Welsh Guards, with which he was appointed colonel in 1975, according to an official statement and the artist’s website.
The portrait of King Charles III of the United Kingdom
Charles III appears in the center of the painting, two and a half meters high and without a distinguishable background, in which he is only accompanied by a monarch butterflywhich, according to Yeo, symbolizes both his support for environmental causes and his personal transformation.
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For the artist, who received the commission in 2020 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Charles IIIthen Prince of Wales, as a member of the British textile guild The Draper’s Company, the possibility of portraying the monarch is a “privilege.”
“As much as the butterfly I have painted flying over your shoulder, This portrait has evolved as the role of the sitter changed in our public life,” said the artist.
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He painting will remain on display from this Thursday until June 14 in the art gallery Philip Mold, in Londonbefore being definitively moved to the walls of the Drapers’ Hall building, in the city’s financial district.
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