Lady Jane Grey

published 1620

Willem de Passe and Magdalena de Passe

Associated Names
Willem de Passe

Artist, Dutch, probably 1598 - 1637

Magdalena van de Passe

Artist, Dutch, 1600 - 1638

The engraving shows a woman from the waist up, facing forward with her head slightly turned to her right. She has delicate features, slender eyebrows, large eyes, and a small mouth. Her hair is styled back and covered with an ornate headpiece. She wears a detailed dress with a square neckline, long sleeves, and intricate designs. She also wears a necklace with a pendant and another pendant on her chest. The background is made up of fine lines and hatched texture with a caption at the bottom reading "IANA GRAYA" along with additional text below it.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 15.9 × 11.6 cm (6 1/4 × 4 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1950.14.547

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hind 1955, Vol. 5 II, no. 8

  • Series Title

    Herwologia

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, 1950.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1955

  • Hind, Arthur M. Engraving in England in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries. 3 vols. Cambridge: University Press, 1955.

Wikidata ID

Q65367862

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