Algernon Sidney

John Baptist Jackson

Artist, British, 1701 - 1780

Justus van Verus

Artist After, Flemish, 1601 - 1674

John Baptist Jackson, after Justus van Verus

Attributed to

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    chiaroscuro woodcut printed from four blocks in two shades of brown and two shades of gray on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    image: 34 x 22.3 cm (13 3/8 x 8 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 34.5 x 23 cm (13 9/16 x 9 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.532

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Kainen 1962, no. 33

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mary Jordan Collection. [1] (Frederick Mulder, London); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased October 20, 1986; Gift to NGA, 2012.
[1] According to the donor's collection list for Jackson woodcuts, a great number came from the Mary Jordan Collection.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1962

  • Kainen, Jacob. John Baptist Jackson; 18th century master of the color woodcut. Washington, 1962: no. 33

Inscriptions

lower center of image: Zustus Verus, pinx: J: B: J: sculp; et exc: / at the Time when Mr. ALGERNON SIDNEY was Ambassador... / ... Denmark by French Assistance or Example. / Pref: to Accot. of Denmark 4th Edit: P: 23.

Wikidata ID

Q76557114

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