Focus on Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting and discuss the Provenance.
The painting was created during Artemisia's trip to England and was subsequently acquired by King Charles I. During the dispersal of the royal collection, it came into the hands of John Jackson, a lawyer employed by Parliamentary creditors, as noted by a record from October 1651. The painting was reacquired for King Charles II by royalist Colonel William Hawley, during his post-Restoration campaign authorised by royal proclamation in August 1660.
Charles I