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Inigo Jones (from Inigo Jones's "The most notable Antiquity of Great Britain vulgarly called Stone-heng on Salisbury Plain," 1655)

Etcher Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian
After Anthony van Dyck Flemish
Sitter Inigo Jones British
1655
Not on view
Portrait of Inigo Jones, half-length, seated to front, with head turned to look to right; wearing a cap and broad collar over doublet, holding a sheet of paper in his right hand; in an oval frame; tablet below; from the engraving by Robert van Voerst, after Van Dyck; illustration to Inigo Jones's 'The most notable Antiquity of Great Britain vulgarly called Stone-heng on Salisbury

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  • Title: Inigo Jones (from Inigo Jones's "The most notable Antiquity of Great Britain vulgarly called Stone-heng on Salisbury Plain," 1655)
  • Etcher: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
  • Artist: After Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, Antwerp 1599–1641 London)
  • Sitter: Inigo Jones (British, London 1573–1652 London)
  • Date: 1655
  • Medium: Etching, first state of two (New Hollstein)
  • Dimensions: Plate: 8 1/16 × 5 5/16 in. (20.5 × 13.5 cm)
    Sheet: 8 3/8 × 5 11/16 in. (21.3 × 14.4 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Carl J. Ulmann, 1924
  • Object Number: 24.57.75
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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