This portrait of King Charles II, signed with the initials RP and dated 166[…] is believed to be the only extant work by the artist, print-seller and royalist soldier Sir Robert Peake (c.1605-67).
The watercolour on vellum portrait of a young Charles II in gilt-studded armour and a white lace jabot is believed to date from around the restoration of the monarchy in 1660.