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Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia

Print
1615 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Boetius Adams Bolswert (engraver)
Place of origin
Netherlands (printed)

Print, portrait of a woman, three-quarter-length, full face, standing beside a table.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Portraits
Royalty
Object type
Print
TitleElizabeth, Queen of Bohemia (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Engraving
Brief description
Print, portrait of Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia, engraving by Boetius Adams Bolswert, 1615.
Physical description
Print, portrait of a woman, three-quarter-length, full face, standing beside a table.
Dimensions
  • Height: 39.4 cm (cut)
  • Width: 29.5cm (cut)
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1960: Volume 2, Edgar Seligman Gift. London: HMSO, 1966.
Style
Dutch School
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Aet. 16 1613 / Ao. 1615.' (Lettered with dedication, name of sitter etc. and)
  • (Stamped with the marks of the collections of John Young, F.S.A. (deid c.1874) (Lugt 1560), of the Rev. J. Burleigh James (mid-19th century) (Lugt 1425) and of Lawson Thompson (1837-1919) (Lugt 1770))
Credit line
Given by Edgar Seligman
Subjects depicted
Queen
Monarch
Elizabeth
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1960: Volume 2, Edgar Seligman Gift. London: HMSO, 1966.
  • Le Blanc, Charles. Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes. Paris. É Bouillon, 1854-1908.
  • Hollstein, F. W. H. Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts ca. 1450-1700. Amsterdam: M. Hertzberger, 1949.
  • O'Donoghue, Freeman. British Museum: Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits. London: Printed by order of the Trustees, 1908-25.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.107-1960

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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