Marie Stuart

Abraham Bosse|Pierre Mariette|Gilles Rousselet|Claude Vignon

1647 · Engraving (figure by Rousselet) and etching (background by Bosse) · Drawings and Prints

Full length portrait with a scene of her execution in the background at left and a church facade in the background at right. From a series of twenty images designed by Vignon to illustrate "La Galerie des Femmes fortes," a poem by the Jesuit father Pierre le Moyne published in 1647. The poem, which celebrates ancient, modern, and Old Testament heroines, was dedicated to Anne of Austria, regent of France.

Artist

Abraham Bosse|Pierre Mariette|Gilles Rousselet|Claude Vignon

Date

1647

Medium

Engraving (figure by Rousselet) and etching (background by Bosse)

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953