John Selden, Jurist and Antiquary
Medium
stipple engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 32 × 23.3 cm (12 5/8 × 9 3/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1950.14.1083
Art Historical Context
This stipple engraving, titled *John Selden, Jurist and Antiquary*, captures the likeness of the renowned 17th-century English scholar John Selden (1584–1654), a pivotal figure in jurisprudence, oriental studies, and antiquarian pursuits. Created between 1751 and 1775 by engravers William Holl I or II after an original portrait by Daniel Mytens the Elder—a leading Dutch-born painter at the court of Charles I—the print preserves Selden's dignified presence for posterity. Housed in the National Gallery of Art's Rosenwald Collection, it exemplifies how 18th-century reproductions democratized acce...