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Mary, Queen of Scots (from "Galérie historique des hommes les plus célèbres de tous les siècles et de toutes les nations...")

ca. 1800–20
Not on view
Outline portrait from Charles-Paul Landon's "Galérie historique des hommes les plus célèbres de tous les siècles et de toutes les nations: contenant leurs portraits, gravés au traits d'après les meilleurs originaux ..." with etchings after portraits of well-known figures by various artists. This portrait of Mary, Queen of Scots is after Pieter van Gunst's engraving in Isaac de Larrey's "Histoire d'Angleterre, d'Ecosse et d'Irlande."

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Mary, Queen of Scots (from "Galérie historique des hommes les plus célèbres de tous les siècles et de toutes les nations...")
  • Artist: Charles-Paul Landon
  • Artist: After Isaac de Larrey (French, 1638–1719)
  • Artist: After Adriaen van der Werff (Dutch, Kralinger-Ambacht 1659–1722 Rotterdam)
  • Sitter: Mary, Queen of Scots (British, Linlithgow 1542–1587 Fotheringhay)
  • Date: ca. 1800–20
  • Medium: Etching
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 5 1/4 × 3 3/4 in. (13.3 × 9.5 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Susan Dwight Bliss, 1958
  • Object Number: 58.549.58
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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