Lancelot Andrewes
1641
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 24.1 × 16.8 cm (9 1/2 × 6 5/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1951.11.302
Art Historical Context
Behold the elegant engraving *Lancelot Andrewes by John Payne, created in 1641. This intimate portrait, measuring 24.1 × 16.8 cm, captures the likeness of the revered English bishop and scholar (1555–1626), a key figure in the Church of England and one of the translators of King James Bible. Payne's work, housed in the National Gallery of's Rosenwald Collection (Department CG-E), exemplifies 17th-century printmaking at its finest. Engraving, the medium here, involved meticulously incising lines into a copper plate with a burin, then inking and printing to produce detailed, reproducible images...
About the Artist
John Payne
John Payne is an artist whose biographical details remain difficult to establish with certainty, partly because the name is common and several artists of that name were active in different periods and countries. The works attributed to this John Payne suggest engagement with printmaking or illustration traditions, but without confirmed dates, nationality, or documented training, a precise account ...