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Mary, Queen of Scots (from "Opgang, voortgang, en nedergang, der ketteryen deser eeuwe")

Mary, Queen of Scots|Gaspar Bouttats|Hendrik-Frans Verbruggen|Hendrik-Frans Verbruggen|Florimond de Raemond

1690

Mary, Queen of Scots (from "Opgang, voortgang, en nedergang, der ketteryen deser eeuwe") by Mary, Queen of Scots|Gaspar Bouttats|Hendrik-Frans Verbruggen|Hendrik-Frans Verbruggen|Florimond de Raemond

Medium

Etching

Dimensions

Sheet: 11 13/16 × 7 1/4 in. (30 × 18.4 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Susan Dwight Bliss, 1958

Accession Number

58.549.108

Tags

QueensPortraitsWomenPuttiAngelsMary Queen of Scots

Art Historical Context

This etching, titled *Mary, Queen of Scots from the Dutch publication *Opgang, voortgang, en nederg, der ketteryen eeuwe* ("Rise, Progress, and Decline of the Heries of This Century"), the tragic 16th-century monarch in a posthumous portrait created over a century after her execution in 1587. Produced in 1690 by a collaborative team including engraver Gaspar Bouttats and designers Hendrik-Frans Verbrug and Florimond de Raemond possible design influence attributed to Mary herself—this print reflects late Baroque ornamental style, enriched by playful putti (cherubic figures) and angels that fram...

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