|
Date: |
|
Description: | volume CRE FAITHORNE, William; (English; 1616-1691) AFTER STOOP, Dirk (Dutch; 1610 - c.1686) (Text from Antony Griffiths, 'The Print in Stuart Britain', BM 1998, cat.132)
This spectacular engraving is one of Faithorne's finest plates. Stoop had painted a portrait of the Queen which was sent to Charles II in 1661 as part of the negotiations for the marriage. A copy must have remained in Lisbon, where it was etched by one N.Munjer in Lisbon in 1662 (an impression is in the Department) and dedicated to the Queen by Stoop himself. The version sent to England provided the basis for several engravings made in London. Her dress in the Portuguese fashion excited much comment in London; not only had it nothing to do with modern English fashion, but Catherine persisted in wearing it for some time after her arrival. The print was intended as a compagnion to Infant Christ Sleeping after Van Dyck. The print has been pasted at the end of a volume of engravings by Robert Strange. It was bound by J. Carss & Co., book binders active in Glasgow in the early 19th century, and described by Dibdin as "the favourite bookbinder among the cognoscenti at Glasgow". | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | QUEEN : REPRODUCTIVE : PORTUGUESE FASHION : PORTRAIT : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
|
|