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Catharine of Aragon

Print
1744 (published)
Artist/Maker
John & Paul Knapton (publisher)
Houbraken, Jacobus (engraver)
Holbein, Hans (II) (artist)
Place of origin
London (published)

Half-length portrait in an oval border. The sitter is wearing a close-fitting dark hood.

Object details

Categories
Portraits
Prints
Object type
Print
TitleCatharine of Aragon (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Etching on paper
Paper
Etching
Brief description
Portrait of Catherine of Arragon in an oval border. Etching by Jacobus Houbraken after Hans Holbein, 1743.
Physical description
Half-length portrait in an oval border. The sitter is wearing a close-fitting dark hood.
Dimensions
  • Height: 37.3cm
  • Width: 23.8cm
Dimensions taken from Marshall, Julian. A Catalogue of Engraved National Portraits in the National Art Library. London: HMSO, 1895.
Style
English School
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Catharine of Aragon Queen of K. Henry VIII.' (Lettered within border)
  • 'Holbein pinxit. In the Collection of the Honble. Horace Walpole. J. Houbraken sculps. Amst. 1743. Impensis J. & P. Knapton London 1744.' (Lettered below)
Object history
This print is from Birch's Lives.
Subjects depicted
Queen
Woman
Katherine of Arragon (Queen of England)
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
21809

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O646872/catharine-of-aragon-print-houbraken-jacobus/
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