Studio of Antonio Verrio, ca. 1639–1707, Italian, active in Britain
Title:
James II Receiving the Mathematical Scholars of Christ's Hospital
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Gouache, watercolor, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper mounted on canvas and nailed to wooden strainer
Dimensions:
Sheet: 18 1/16 × 92 3/4 inches (45.9 × 235.6 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered inside image in gouache, upper center: "SOLIT AVI MAL | Y PENSE HONI | DIEV ET MON DROIT"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.6307
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
historical subject | portrait
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Samuel Pepys and the Stuart Age (National Maritime Museum, 2015-11-20 - 2016-03-28)Crown Pictorial - Art and the British Monarchy (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-12-05 - 1991-02-17)English Portrait Drawings & Miniatures (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-12-05 - 1980-02-17)
Publications:
Linda Colley, Crown Pictorial : Art and the British Monarchy : Exhibition Labels, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1990, pp. 16-17, no. 41, N8219 K5 C761 1990 (YCBA)Linda Colley, Crown Pictorial : Art and the British Monarchy, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1990, p. 30, no. 41, N8219 K5 C76 1990 (YCBA)Maragarette Lincoln, Samuel Pepys : plague, fire, revolution, Thames & Hudson, Farnborough, 2015, pp. 226-227, no. 130, DA447.P4 L55 2015 (YCBA)David H. Solkin, Art in Britain 1660-1815, Yale University Press, New Haven, 2015, pp. 37-39, fig, 37, N6766 S65 2015 OVERSIZE (YCBA)