Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset - Houbraken Engraving after Holbein

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Antique engraving with the portrait of Edward Seymour, first Duke of Somerset and Lord Protector of England (c. 1506-1552), cut … Read more Antique engraving with the portrait of Edward Seymour, first Duke of Somerset and Lord Protector of England (c. 1506-1552), cut by Jacobus Houbraken after a painting by Hans Holbein the Younger. The bust sits in an oval lettered with his name, within a baroque border with drapery and a cartouche.

It belongs to The Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain, the portrait gallery Thomas Birch published in London from 1738. This example is trimmed and lacks the lower part of the engraved image, which carried the inscription.

Medium: Copper engraving (etching and engraving).
Artist / after: Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/98-1543).
Engraver: Jacobus Houbraken (Dordrecht, 1698 - Amsterdam, 1780).
Source: T. Birch, The Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain, London.
Dimensions: 9.6 x 8.7 in (24.5 x 22 cm), trimmed sheet.
Condition: Trimmed at the foot, with loss of the lower part of the engraved image (complete it measures 14.3 in / 36.4 cm high). Otherwise clean paper and a good impression. See less