James I

after Hieronymus Wierix

Associated Names
Anonymous Artist

Artist

Hieronymus Wierix

Artist After, Flemish, c. 1553 - 1619

The image shows a man standing with one hand on the hilt of a sword and the other on his hip. He has a mustache, beard, and wears a hat with a feather, a doublet with epaulets and a ruffled collar, a fur-trimmed cape, and a medallion hanging from his neck. He has a sheathed sword on his belt. There are drapery curtains in the background and a table with an open book in the lower left corner. A poem is inscribed at the bottom of the image.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 30 × 22.1 cm (11 13/16 × 8 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1951.11.60

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, undescribed (see no. 2106)

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

W. B. Dukes [d. 1942], London, (L.2757a); (Sotheby, London, sale July 8, 1942, no. 112); Hermann Marx [d. 1948], Surrey, (L.2816a); (Sotheby, London, sale May 24, 1948, no. 165); Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891 - 1979], Philadelphia, (L.1932d); gift to NGA, 1951.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (The Wierix family, Zsuzsanna van Ruyven-Zeman and Harriet Stroomberg, authors). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, undescribed (see no. 2106).

Wikidata ID

Q65216652

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