Richard III of England
Renold Elstrack
published 1618
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 17.4 × 11.5 cm (6 7/8 × 4 1/2 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1950.14.1034
About the Artist
Renold Elstrack
Renold Elstracke (c. 1570–after 1625), one of England's earliest native-born engravers, emerged as a pivotal figure in the late Elizabethan and Jacobean art world. Born to Josephe Elstrage, a migrant from "Lukeland" in the province of Liège (modern-day Belgium) who settled in England in 1551, Elstracke likely honed his craft under the tutelage of Crispin van de Passe the elder in Cologne before ar...