Anne of Denmark, Queen of Scotland and England

1603

Pieter de Jode I

Associated Names
Pieter de Jode I

Artist/publisher, Flemish, 1570 - 1634

The image displays an upper-body portrayal of a woman facing forward. She has a long, straight nose, full lips, and a slight chin cleft. Her hair is styled high and wide with small pearls, and she wears a decorative piece on her forehead. She is dressed in a heavily decorated garment with an intricate high collar and a pattern resembling flowers or stars. She adorns her neck with a long string of pearls with larger floral motifs interspersed, forming a Y-shaped drape over her chest. The background consists of finely detailed vertical lines.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 17.7 × 14.4 cm (6 15/16 × 5 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1951.11.955

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 126, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Unidentified private collector (L.53). 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

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, 2019: Part V, no. 126, i/ii.

Wikidata ID

Q65369467

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