Mary, Princess of Orange

William Faithorne after Sir Anthony van Dyck

Associated Names
William Faithorne

Artist, English, 1616 - 1691

Sir Anthony van Dyck

Artist After, Flemish, 1599 - 1641

The image shows a woman from the waist up, turned slightly to her right but facing the viewer directly. She has an oval face, large eyes, a small mouth, and curly hair falling past her shoulders with a string of beads. She wears a luxurious garment with a low neckline held together by a brooch, accessorized with a string of pearls around her neck and a ring on her finger. The background features a detailed oval frame.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 27 × 19.8 cm (10 5/8 × 7 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1951.11.658

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, undescribed

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

1888

  • Fagan, Louis. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Engraved Works of William Faithorne. London: Bernard Quaritch, 1888.

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Anthony Van Dyck, Simon Turner, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. undescribed (see no. 477).

Wikidata ID

Q65368637

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