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Inigo Jones

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 Plain' (London: 1655).

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Inigo Jones
  • Series/Portfolio: Illustration to 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)
  • Artist: After Robert van Voerst (Dutch, Deventer 1597–1636 London)
  • Author: Related author Inigo Jones (British, London 1573–1652 London)
  • Sitter: Inigo Jones (British, London 1573–1652 London)
  • Date: 1655
  • Medium: Etching; first state of two
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 7 15/16 × 5 1/4 in. (20.2 × 13.3 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
  • Object Number: 20.81.3.270
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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