Mary, Wife of William II of Orange

1641

Pieter de Jode II after Sir Anthony van Dyck

Associated Names
Pieter de Jode II

Artist/publisher, Flemish, 1601 - 1670 or after

Sir Anthony van Dyck

Artist, Flemish, 1599 - 1641

The image is an engraved portrait of a young girl shown from the knees up. She is standing in a poised manner, with her left hand resting on a ledge or table covered with a fringed cloth. Her facial features include a delicate, oval face adorned with soft, wide eyes and a calm expression, while her wavy hair cascades down to her shoulders, decorated at the top with a small headpiece resembling a crown or tiara. She is dressed in lavish attire, with an intricately detailed gown featuring lace trimmings and puffed sleeves. Around her neck, she wears a necklace made of round beads. The background is composed of intricately detailed architectural elements, including pilasters and decorative arches.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 16.5 × 12.3 cm (6 1/2 × 4 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1950.14.851

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 337

  • Series Title

    Theatre of Portraits


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

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (The De Jode Dynasty, Marjolein Leesberg, author). Ouderkerk aan den Ijssel: Sound & Vision Publishers, 2020: Part IX, no. 337.

Wikidata ID

Q65364550

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