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Crispijn de Passe the Elder (1564-1637)
James VI and I c.1610-1620
Engraving | 21.0 x 13.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 601370
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An engraving of James I, as king. Bust length with plumed hat, closed ruff, embroidered doublet, Garter Collar with George, and ermine edged mantle. Within an oval border bearing Latin inscription. With coat of arms and English inscription on the scroll below: "The right high and most migh- / tie Monarch IAMES … / … Defendor of the Faith- / Sould by W: Webb in Cornehill right against Birch: lane // Cpass: fe:"; around the portrait: "POTENTISS: IACOBVS DG MAGNÆ BRITAN GALLIÆ ET HIBERN REX FIDEI DEFENSOR". Cut down. This is a first state with publisher's address, for a second state see RCIN 601378.
The print formed part of an album of British royal portrait prints assembled by Cassiano and his younger brother Carlo Antonio dal Pozzo in Rome. Described in an early nineteenth-century inventory of prints in George III's library as Kings of England and their Families from Henry VII to James II, the album was arranged chronologically, with kings and their consorts together. It was dismantled later in the nineteenth century and its prints incorporated into the series of Engraved Royal Portraits (organised dynastically).
For more information see Mark McDonald, The Print Collection of Cassiano dal Pozzo. I: Ceremonies, Costumes, Portraits and Genre, 3 vols, Royal Collection Trust 2017, part of The Paper Museum of Cassiano dal Pozzo: A Catalogue Raisonné, cat. no. 1363.
Provenance
From the collection of Cassiano dal Pozzo (1588-22 October 1657); inherited by his brother, Carlo Antonio dal Pozzo (1606-1689); sold by Carlo Antonio's grandson to Clement XI, 1703; acquired by Cardinal Alessandro Albani by 1714, from whom the collection was purchased by George III in 1762
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21.0 x 13.8 cm (sheet of paper)
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