Mary, Queen of Scots
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 7 11/16 × 4 9/16 in. (19.6 × 11.6 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Susan Dwight Bliss, 1958
Accession Number
58.549.29
Tags
Art Historical Context
This delicate engraving, titled *Mary, Queen of* and dated January 1, 1788, captures the Tudor monarch in a poised portrait that evokes her enduring mystique. Produced as a sheet measuring just 7 11/16 × 4 9/16 inches, belongs to the Metropolitan Museum of Art's and Prints collection, gifted by Susan Dwight Bliss in 1958. The work credits a fascinating lineage: an original by Italian Mannerist painter Federico Zucc (Zuccari), interpreted through the engraving mastery of John Keyse Sherwin, and published by Thomas Cadell the Elder. Mary's own name in the attribution hints at her personal involv...