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Object Type
print
Museum number
1885,0509.1899
Description
The three children of Charles I, the future Charles II, James II and Princess Mary of Orange, half-length after van Dyck Mezzotint printed in colours with hand-colouring, varnished
Producer name
Print made by:
Jakob Christoph Le Blon
After:
Anthony van Dyck
School/style
German
Production date
1720-1732
Materials
paper
Technique
mezzotint
colour
Dimensions
Height:
600 millimetres
Width:
896 millimetres
Curator's comments
After a painting in Windsor Castle (Larsen cat 808); see Carl Depauw and Ger Luijten: ' Anthony van Dyck as a Printmaker', 1999, pp.299 (fig.22); another impression has been cut into three fragments; the heads of James II (1841,0612.47) and Princess Mary (1841,0612.46) and a HL of Charles II (1841,0612.45); all kept German XVII mounted Atlas.
Bibliographic references
Singer 1901 / Jakob Christoffel Le Blon
(34)
Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700
(34)
(Dutch and Flemish)
New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) / The New Hollstein: Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700
(31)
(Le Blon)
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Portrait of:
Charles II, King of England, Scotland and Ireland
Portrait of:
James II, King of England
Portrait of:
Mary, Princess of Orange
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Edward Cheney
Purchased through:
Sotheby's
(sale 5.v.1885/571)
Purchased through:
Alphonse Wyatt Thibaudeau
Acquisition date
1885
Acquisition notes
The acquisition year 1815 stamped on the mount is incorrect: the correct year is 1885
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1885,0509.1899