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Mary, Queen of Scots with David Rizzio (or with Pierre de Bocosel de Chatelard)

After Louis Ducis French
Publisher H. Mandeville French
Sitter Mary, Queen of Scots Scottish
19th century
Not on view
This print reproduces "La Musique", a painting by Louis Ducis, exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1822 and now at the Musée Municipal, Limoges. There is a related watercolor in the Louvre. It is one of a set of four works illustrating the arts of music, poetry, painting and sculpture through pairs of famous lovers. "La Musique" shows Mary Queen of Scots and her French secretary, David Rizzio. However some prints after the Ducis painting (possibly including this one), replace Rizzio with Pierre de Bocosel de Chatelard, a previous French secretary to the queen, whose indiscreet advances led to his execution in 1536.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Mary, Queen of Scots with David Rizzio (or with Pierre de Bocosel de Chatelard)
  • Artist: After Louis Ducis (French, Versailles 1775–1847 Paris)
  • Publisher: H. Mandeville (French, active Paris, mid-19th century)
  • Sitter: Mary, Queen of Scots (British, Linlithgow 1542–1587 Fotheringhay)
  • Published in: Paris
  • Date: 19th century
  • Medium: Etching and engraving
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 12 9/16 × 9 5/8 in. (31.9 × 24.4 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Susan Dwight Bliss, 1958
  • Object Number: 58.549.448
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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