Queen Mary I when Princess Mary

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Queen Mary I when Princess Mary

by Wenceslaus Hollar, after Hans Holbein the Younger
etching, 1647
5 5/8 in. x 4 1/2 in. (144 mm x 114 mm) paper size
Purchased, 1893
Reference Collection
NPG D8050

Sitterback to top

  • Queen Mary I (1516-1558), Reigned 1553-58; daughter of Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon. Sitter associated with 50 portraits.

Artistsback to top

  • Hans Holbein the Younger (1497 or 1498-1543), Painter, printmaker and designer; son of Hans Holbein the Elder. Artist or producer associated with 310 portraits, Sitter associated with 25 portraits.
  • Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-1677), Etcher. Artist or producer associated with 540 portraits, Sitter associated with 10 portraits.

Related worksback to top

  • NPG D31946: Queen Mary I when Princess Mary (based on same portrait)
  • NPG D9852: Queen Mary I when Princess Mary (based on same portrait)
  • NPG D17826: Queen Mary I when Princess Mary (based on same portrait)
  • NPG D18729: Queen Mary I when Princess Mary (based on same portrait)
  • NPG D24193: Queen Mary I when Princess Mary (based on same portrait)
  • NPG D24878: Queen Mary I when Princess Mary (based on same portrait)

Events of 1647back to top

Current affairs

Putney debaters. Civilian Levellers and parliamentary soldiers discuss a new constitution for the country; discussions focus on drafted proposals from both groups with Commissary-General Henry Ireton attempting to moderate the Levellers's radical Agreement of the People.
Scots surrender Charles I to Parliament. Imprisoned at various locations, Charles enjoys relative freedom.

Art and science

Mariner, Sir Robert Dudley, publishes his maritime encyclopedia, Dell' Arcano del Mare with illustrations by Antonio Francesco Lucini. Written in Italian, the pioneering work includes cartography by Dudley of the earliest printed sea atlas of the world.
Anglo-Dutch portrait painter, Daniel Mytens, Van Dyck's predecessor as court painter, dies.

International

Released from the Tower, George Monck, Duke of Albemarle, is appointed commander of Parliament's forces in eastern Ulster.
The Irish Confederate suffer resounding defeats at the battles of Dungan's Hill and Knocknanauss against English Parliamentary forces.

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