Mary, Queen of Scots
second half 19th century
Medium
Photogravure
Dimensions
Sheet: 9 1/2 × 7 5/16 in. (24.2 × 18.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Susan Dwight Bliss, 1958
Accession Number
58.549.469
Tags
Art Historical Context
This photogravure portrait captures Mary, Queen of Scots (1542–1587), the captivating and tragic monarch whose life of political intrigue, multiple marriages, and eventual execution made her one of history’s most romanticized royal figures. Created in the second half of nineteenth century after an original by the renowned French Renaissance artist François Clouet, the print reflects the period’s fascination with historical celebrities. Clouet’s elegant style, known for its precise line work and courtly refinement, lent itself perfectly to reproduction, allowing nineteenth-century audiences to ...