- Title:
- The Ceiling of the Banqueting House at Whitehall: The Union of the Crowns of England and Scotland
- Additional Title(s):
The Ceiling in the Banqueting-House at Whitehall
James I Appointing Charles as King of Scotland, Minerva Spearing Ignorance, Hercules Beating Envy- Date:
- 1720
- Materials & Techniques:
- Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 12 7/8 × 18 3/16 inches (32.7 × 46.2 cm), Image: 11 5/8 × 17 15/16 inches (29.6 × 45.5 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered in black ink, lower left: "Grav'd by Sim; Gribelin from the Painting of Sr, P. P. RUBENS on the Cieling | in the Banqueting=house at WHITE=HALL, in the year 1720. CUM PRIVIL: DEFUNC: ANNÆREGIN: | This Cieling represents in proper and curious Emblems, the prosperous state of Great Britain in the Reign | of King James the Ist. His Concern for Religion, his Love of Arts and Sciences, the Birth of a Prince, the | Union of the two Kingdoms, and his Majesty's most Eminent Virtues Crown'd with Glory and Immortality."; lower center, within banner: "SEMPER EADEM"; lower center, within oval: "HONI · SOIT · QUI · MAL · Y · PENSE ·"; lower right: "Æri incidit Sim; Gribelin ad Tabluas P. P. RUBENS Eq: Aur: in Laqueari Aulæ | Regiæ epulis Sacræ de WHITE=HALL, Londini Anno Dni. MDCCXX. et Excudit. | In hisce Tabulis Pax et Copia se mutuo amplexæ, Res Britannicas, regnant Jacobo Io., Filio Regi recens nato. | conjunctisque sub unius Imperio Angliæ Scotiæque Regnis, maxime floruisse testantur. His, plurimisque | aliis beneficiis, Rex de Religione, de bonis Artibus, et de Patriâ bene meritus Coelo, et Immortalitate donator."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.10376
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- allegory | angels | architectural subject | armor | battle | cardinal sins | ceiling | club | coronation | crowns | design | drapery | envy | feathers | god | goddess | helmets | historical subject | king (person) | laurel | men | mythology | nude | ornament | ovals | owl | personification | putti | relief | religious and mythological subject | robes | royalty | scepter | snakes | swords | throne | vines | wings | women | wreath
- Associated Places:
- Banqueting House | England | Greater London | London | United Kingdom | Whitehall
- Associated People:
- Minerva
James VI and I (1566–1625), king of Scotland, England, and Ireland
Hercules - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:26432
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Painters and Engraving - The Reproductive Print from Hogarth to Wilkie (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-03-26 - 1980-06-22) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]