Lady Jane Grey
1 of 7 portraits by Frans van den Wyngaerde (Wijngaerde)
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Lady Jane Grey
by Magdalena de Passe, by Willem de Passe, published by Frans van den Wyngaerde (Wijngaerde)
line engraving, 1620
6 1/2 in. x 4 1/2 in. (164 mm x 115 mm) plate size; 7 in. x 5 1/8 in. (179 mm x 130 mm) paper size
Reference Collection
NPG D21393
Sitterback to top
- Lady Jane Dudley (née Grey) (1537-1554), Proclaimed Queen 1553. Sitter associated with 57 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Magdalena de Passe (1600-1638), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 137 portraits, Sitter in 2 portraits.
- Willem de Passe (1597 or 1598-1636 or 1637), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 175 portraits.
- Frans van den Wyngaerde (Wijngaerde) (1614-1679), Draughtsman and publisher. Artist or producer associated with 7 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.
This portraitback to top
This engraving was published in 1620 when it formed part of series of printed portraits called the Herologia. The series depicted Tudor and Jacobean monarchs, courtiers,and others, such as Protestant reformers. It was devised by the printer and book publisher Henry Holland who ensured his readers that the all the printed images derived only from true likeness taken from an original portrait.
The identity of most of the portraits in the Herologia can be regarded as trustworthy However, the source for this portrait of Lady Jane Grey remains in doubt and it is possible that the original portrait was misidentified.
Related worksback to top
- NPG D19952: Lady Jane Grey (from same plate)
- NPG D21394: Lady Jane Grey (from same plate)
- NPG D21395: Lady Jane Grey (from same plate)
- NPG D21396: Lady Jane Grey (from same plate)
- NPG D24989: Lady Jane Grey (from same plate)
Linked publicationsback to top
- Bolland, Charlotte; Cooper, Tarnya, The Real Tudors: Kings and Queens Rediscovered, 2014 (accompanying the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from 12th September 2014 to 1st March 2015), p. 101
Subjects & Themesback to top
Events of 1620back to top
Current affairs
The beginning of a severe economic depression in England is widely blamed on the East India Company whose export of bullion on each voyage financed their trade. Additionally, despite efforts by Lionel Cranfield, Earl of Middlesex, to reduce the royal household's expenditure, James I's debt is historically high.Art and science
Francis Bacon publishes his major philosophical work Novum Organum, which presents his account of the correct method of acquiring natural knowledge using inductive reasoning.Inventor and mechanical engineer, Cornelis Drebbel builds an early type of submarine which he demonstrates on the Thames.
International
The Catholic League's invasion of Bohemia and victory at the battle of the White Mountain, forces Frederick V, king of Bohemia and his family into exile in the Hague, after less than a year reigning.The Pilgrim Fathers sail for America in the 'Mayflower', escaping religious persecution in England.
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