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Crispijn de Passe the elder
James I, King of England 1613
engraving
27.0 × 22.6 cm irreg. (image) 30.1 × 23.2 cm irreg. (plate) 34.3 × 25.7 cm irreg. (sheet)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Everard Studley Miller Bequest, 1959
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James I, King of England
1613
Medium
engraving
Measurements
27.0 × 22.6 cm irreg. (image) 30.1 × 23.2 cm irreg. (plate) 34.3 × 25.7 cm irreg. (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Everard Studley Miller Bequest, 1959
Gallery location
Not on display
About this work
During his reign, King James I adopted the motto Beati pacifici – ‘blessed are the peacemakers’. In Crispijn de Passe’s portrait of the monarch, James I’s pacifist reputation is alluded to in a Latin inscription, which translates, in part, as: ‘King of so many brave men; who, with the terror of your name alone, subdues them, desiring peace; who, with peace, adorns ... the forum with just laws...’ In reality, the king’s pacifism was unpopular with much of the British public and frustrated his own son, Charles. Upon ascending the throne in 1625, Charles increased Britain’s military activity abroad, much of which ended in costly disaster.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Utrecht, the Netherlands
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Hollstein 755
Printing/Publishing
published by Crispijn de Passe, Utrecht
Inscription
printed (vertically) in ink (in image) c.l.: IACOBUS D.G MAGNÆ BRITANNIÆ / FRANCIÆ / SCOTIÆ / ET HYBERNIÆ REX . ANNO MDCXIII
printed circularly in ink (in image) c.r.: HONY SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE
printed in ink l.l.: Qui regis imperio divisos orbe Britannos, / Rex tot virorum fortium; / Qui terrore tui solius nominis Sostes / Premis, quietis appetens;
printed in ink l.c.: Ao 1613 / Crisp Passæus figur: sculp: et exc.
printed in ink l.c.r.: Qui pace ecclesiam, justis qui legibus ornas / Forum, scholas doctoribus; / Atqƺ (q and ƺ joined) intervates pangis pia carmina, sceptro / Jungis decenter lauream.
Accession Number
523-5
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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Subjects (general)
Portraits
Subjects (specific)
chains of office James I, King of England kings (people) laurel wreaths orbs regalia (emblems) sceptres vandykes (collars)