After M. van Miereveld. References: Hollstein 13, second state of two, with the inscription. (Although Drugulin recorded a state before letters, Hollstein had never seen one.)
A very fine impression, trimmed on or just outside the platemark all round. In excellent condition. 420 x 297mm.
Through
his beauty, social graces and astuteness, George Villiers worked his way up
from minor gentry to becoming King James I’s closest advisor and beloved
friend, moving through successive titles to the primary dukedom in England,
Master of the Horse, Knight of the Garter, and Admiral of the Fleet. His abuse
of power, however, earned him an assassination at the age of 36.
Delff
engraved with great ability many of the royal European portraits that Van
Miereveld, his father’s father-in-law, was commissioned to paint, as well as
some of those by his pupil Mijtens. The painted source of this print is now in
the Art Gallery of South Australia.
