James, Duke of York
Medium
Etching, only state
Dimensions
Sheet: 11 1/8 × 7 9/16 in. (28.3 × 19.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1928
Accession Number
28.7.6
Tags
Art Historical Context
Behold *James, Duke of York* (1651), a etching by the renowned Bohemian artist Wences Hollar, capturing the young royal at age 17. This-state print, measuring 11 1/8 × 7 9/16 inches, exemplifies Hollar's mastery of etching technique he elevated in 17th-century England through intricate line work and tonal subtlety. Produced during the English Commonwealth era, following the execution of Charles I, portrait immortalizes James Stuart, brother to the exiled Charles II and future James II, as a symbol of Stuart resilience amid political turmoil. Hollar, who fled the Thirty Years' War to work in L...
About the Artist
James, Duke of York|Wenceslaus Hollar (British|Bohemian) · 1633 |1607 –1701 |1677
British, London 1633–1701 France|Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London