Mary, Queen of Scots
Claude Vignon|Mary, Queen of Scots
mid-to late 17th century
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 4 1/8 × 2 1/2 in. (10.5 × 6.3 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Susan Dwight Bliss, 1958
Accession Number
58.549.461
Tags
QueensPortraitsWomenCrossMary Queen of Scots
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...