Mary, Queen of Scots with her son James
A full-length portrait, turned slight to right, shows the queen standing with her son James VI of Scotland (later James I of England, Scotland and Wales). Mary wears a dark gown with lace ruff, cap and cuffs, and holds a book in her left hand and rests her right on the child's head. James wears a brocaded gown with a ruff and pointed cuffs, and carries his hat and a rose. The subjects are shown in an interior with curtains in the background at right and a table with a vase of flowers under a casement window at left, through which buildings can be seen. The print is based on a painting then in the collection of the Worshipful Company of Drapers (today no longer firmly attributed to Federico Zuccaro).
Artwork Details
- Title: Mary, Queen of Scots with her son James
- Etcher: Francesco Bartolozzi (Italian, Florence 1728–1815 Lisbon)
- Artist: After intermediary draftsman, Spiridione Roma (Italian, active London 1779)
- Artist: After Federico Zuccaro (Zuccari) (Italian, Sant'Angelo in Vado 1540/42–1609 Ancona)
- Publisher: Spiridione Roma (Italian, active London 1779)
- Sitter: Mary, Queen of Scots (British, Linlithgow 1542–1587 Fotheringhay)
- Sitter: James VI of Scotland (British, Edinburgh 1566–1625 Theobalds)
- Published in: London
- Date: January 26, 1779
- Medium: Etching and engraving; fourth state of five
- Dimensions: Plate: 19 × 12 13/16 in. (48.2 × 32.5 cm)
Sheet: 19 5/8 × 13 15/16 in. (49.9 × 35.4 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of Susan Dwight Bliss, 1958
- Object Number: 58.549.27
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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