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The image is a portrait of a woman's upper body facing forward. She has large eyes, a straight nose, and a small closed mouth. Her hair is styled in an elaborate updo with small flowers. She wears an ornate dress with a high lace collar, detailed bodice, and accessories like a necklace, pendant, and drop earrings. The background is plain, and the portrait is set within an oval frame, giving a classical and historical feel.
National Gallery of Art · Print
Anne of Denmark
Simon de Passe
- Medium
- engraving pulled from silver medal engraved by the artist
- Dimensions
- plate: 5.2 × 4.1 cm (2 1/16 × 1 5/8 in.)
- Classification
- Print · Historical Portrait
- Accession number
- 1943.3.9255
- Credit line
- Rosenwald Collection
- Time span
- 1551 to 1600
- Department
- CG-E
Subjects and terms
- Dutch
Provenance
W. B. Dukes [d. 1942], London (L.2757a); (Sotheby, London, sale July 8, 1942, no. 112); Hermann Marx [d. 1948], Surrey (L.2816a); (Sotheby, London, sale May 24, 1948, no. 165); Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891 - 1979], Philadelphia (L.1932d); gift to NGA, 1964. [1] [1] This print comes from a large collection of “historical portrait” prints purchased by Rosenwald in 1948. A small subset of this collection—including this print—was sent at an unknown date to the NGA, where it was not immediately accessioned. When NGA registrars came upon this group in 1964, they and Rosenwald erroneously believed that the works had accidentally been omitted from the donor’s 1943 gift to the museum. As a result, the sheets were assigned retroactive accession numbers corresponding with that date. For related correspondence, see NGA curatorial file for objects 1943.3.9230-9317.
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