Mary, Queen of Scots
mid-to late 17th century
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Plate: 4 5/16 × 2 11/16 in. (11 × 6.8 cm) Sheet: 4 15/16 × 2 11/16 in. (12.5 × 6.9 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Susan Dwight Bliss, 1958
Accession Number
58.549.460
Tags
About the Artist
Claude Vignon|Mary, Queen of Scots · 1593–1670
Claude Vignon was born on May 19, 1593, in Tours, France, into a wealthy family, and he died on May 10, 1670, in Paris. He received his initial artistic training in Paris under the Mannerist painter Jacob Bunel, a key figure in the Second School of Fontainebleau. Vignon traveled extensively in his youth, likely visiting Rome as early as 1609–1610 and settling there by 1616–1619 among the French ar...