Harvard Art Museums > G1898: John Spotswood, Archbishop of Saint Andrews Prints Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"John Spotswood, Archbishop of Saint Andrews (Wenceslaus Hollar) , G1898,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 26, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/274304. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number G1898 People Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian (Prague 1607 - 1677 London) Title John Spotswood, Archbishop of Saint Andrews Classification Prints Work Type print Date 1635 Culture British Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/274304 Physical Descriptions Medium Etching printed in black ink on white antique laid paper Technique Etching Dimensions plate: 28.3 × 17.6 cm (11 1/8 × 6 15/16 in.) sheet: 29.2 × 19 cm (11 1/2 × 7 1/2 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: in plate, in a shield in the upper right corner: Ætat: suæ / 74 / Ao. 1639 inscription: in plate, in "garter" surrounding the royal coat of arms: I SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE inscription: in plate, centered within an elaborate cartouche below the image: Aspice, non frustrá Veneranda hæc pingitur, Icon, / Vivit adhuc tanti qvælibet umbra Viri. / Prisca nitet Vultu Pietas, Virtusq Sepulchri / Nescia, in Effigie nescit et ipsa Mori. / Sic vno İntuitu Vultûs, Morumq Volumen / Perlegis, et Pictor transit in Historicum. / IOANNES SPOTISWOODE ARCHİEPİSCOPVS / St. ANDREANVS, TOTİVS SCOTİÆ PRİMAS ET ME= / =TROPLİTANVS, EİVSDEMQVE REGNİ CANCELLAus. / W: Hllar fecit, inscription: lower right corner of sheet margin, graphite: P 1505. collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Gray Collection accession stamp (Lugt 4836)] 1898 inscription: verso, graphite: g/1- 10-6 Provenance Recorded Ownership History Francis Calley Gray, bequest to nephew, 1856. William Gray, gift to Harvard University, 1857. State, Edition, Standard Reference Number State ii/iii Standard Reference Number New Hollstein 1415, Pennington 1505 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray Object Number G1898 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
