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Hollar, Wenceslaus. Edwardus VI Angliae Rex etc, Henrici VIII filius, natus Ao. 1537

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Creator
Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607-1677
Date
[1650]
Location
Antwerp,  Belgium
Media format
Image
Extent
1 print

Language
Latin
Size
plate mark 259 x 188 mm
Genre
Art
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Reference IDs
Pennington, R. Descriptive catalogue of the etched work of Wenceslaus Hollar: 1395
Folger bibliographic ID: 263504
New Hollstein German etchings, engravings and woodcuts, 1450-1700: Hollar 1114
Folger call number: ART 267- 065
Folger holdings ID: 348999
Accession Number: 267065
Summary
Half length, full face; he is shown as a baby with a rattle, standing behind a table on which is a cloth, with a feathered hat over a child's cap. In a white rectangle in front of the table are 8 lines of Latin verse hailing him as the inheritor of his father's virtues, signed 'Rich. Morisin.' --Pennington
Notes
General notes

Title from item The original painting by Holbein is now in the collection of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Hollar's pencil drawing with sepia wash is at the Pepys Library of Magdalene College, Cambridge Hollar was active in Antwerp in 1650 Also available as a digital reproduction

Item information about Folger ART 267- 065

Trimmed to plate mark and inlaid in larger sheet of paper Adopted by Twiss and Patrick Butler, Acquisitions Night 2013

Also known as
Extended title: Edwardus VI Angliae Rex etc, Henrici VIII filius, natus Ao. 1537 HHolbein pinxit ; Wenceslaus Hollar fecit ex Collectione Arundeliana Ao. 1650
Alternate titles: Edward VI, Edward, Prince of Wales, Edwardvs VI Angliae Rex etc, Henrici VIII filivs, natus Ao. 1537
Subjects
Edward VI, King of England, 1537-1553
Related names
printmaker: Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607-1677
depiction: Edward VI, King of England, 1537-1553
artist: Holbein, Hans, 1497-1543

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