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Object Type
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Museum number
G,6.129
Description
Group portrait of Frederick of Bohemia and his wife Elizabeth, and their children; the king standing to the left wearing ermine trimmed robe and crown, his wife on the right wearing ruff, pearls, and adorned dress, their children of different ages gathered between then; on the back wall of the interior a portrait of a further child, lying, his head resting on a pillow; curtains to left and right, each with a coat of arms. Engraving
Producer name
Published by:
Claes Jansz. Visscher
School/style
Dutch
Production date
1619-1650
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
202 millimetres
Width:
268 millimetres
(trimmed)
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
For a note on Crowle's extra-illustrated Pennant see G,1.1
Bibliographic references
Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700
(undescribed)
(Visscher)
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Portrait of:
Frederick V, King of Bohemia and Count Palatine of the Rhine
Portrait of:
Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia
Acquisition name
Bequeathed by:
John Charles Crowle
Acquisition date
1811
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
G,6.129