TY - JOUR T1 - Exhibition: Charles I — King and Collector JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 139 LP - 139 DO - 10.3399/bjgp18X695153 VL - 68 IS - 668 AU - Roger Jones Y1 - 2018/03/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/68/668/139.abstract N2 - Royal Academy of Arts, London, 27 January 2018 to 15 April 2018This majestic exhibition contains many wonders, and is well worth a visit. Per Rumberg, curator at the Royal Academy of Arts, and Desmond Shawe-Taylor, surveyor of the Queen’s Pictures, have done a fantastic job in bringing together about 150 canvases that formed part of the royal collection of Charles I in the early 17th century. Many have come to London from the Museo del Prado and the Louvre for the first time; many more are from the Queen’s Collection.The story began in 1623 when Charles travelled to Madrid in an ill-fated attempt to explore the possibility of marriage to the Infanta Maria Anna of Spain. He came home without a wife, but with some Titians and a Veronese, and a determination to collect works of art that would rival the splendours of the Italian Renaissance masterpieces he had seen in the Spanish court. He was crowned king … ER -