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What happened to Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s bust of King Charles I?
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Anthony van Dyck
Self-Portrait, oil on canvas by Anthony Van Dyck, c. 1620–21; in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City. 119.7 × 87.9 cm.
The marble bust of King Charles I, which was sculpted by Gian Lorenzo Bernini based on a triple-view portrait by Anthony van Dyck, was destroyed in a fire in 1698.1