James I, as James VI of Scotland

published 1817

Thomas Chambers

Associated Names
Thomas Chambers

Artist, British, 1724 - 1789

This image shows an illustration of a person's head and upper torso. The person is depicted in a three-quarter turn to the left. They have a high forehead and are sporting a mustache and beard, with their hair neatly styled. The individual wears an ornate garment typical of the late Renaissance or early Baroque period, featuring a doublet and a ruff collar. The image is framed within an oval border containing Latin script. The background of the image is textured with parallel lines within the oval frame and natural paper outside it.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 10.5 × 8.6 cm (4 1/8 × 3 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1951.11.930


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Prince d'Arenberg Collection [16th-19th centuries] Brussells (L.567). 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

Wikidata ID

Q65367383

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