John Spottiswoode

Sitter John Spottiswoode British, Scottish

Author Related author John Spottiswoode British, Scottish

ca. 1655

Not on view

Portrait of John Spottiswoode, Archbishop of St Andrews, half length within an oval frame made of palms. He is shwon at age 74 with a short beard, skull-cap, ruff and episcopal robes. At upper left and right are two shields with the sitter's age and "Ao 1639" in shield at right, and royal coat of arms below oval. The frontispiece to the subject's "History of the Church of Scotland" (London: 1655).

Artwork Details

Title: John Spottiswoode
Artist: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
Sitter: John Spottiswoode (British, Greenbank, Scotland 1565–1639 London)
Author: Related author John Spottiswoode (British, Greenbank, Scotland 1565–1639 London)
Date: ca. 1655
Medium: Etching; second state of three
Dimensions: Sheet: 11 in. × 6 15/16 in. (28 × 17.6 cm)
cut outside the image and just within the platemark
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
Object Number: 20.81.3.281
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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