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Pieter S. van der Gunst, 1659–c. 1724, Thomas Wolsey, undated
- Title:
- Thomas Wolsey
- Additional Title(s):
- Volsey
- Part Of:
Collective Title: Iconographie Anglaise par Reynolds et Autres
- Date:
- undated
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching and engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 13 9/16 × 8 inches (34.4 × 20.3 cm), Plate: 12 1/2 × 7 1/4 inches (31.8 × 18.4 cm), Image: 11 11/16 × 6 7/8 inches (29.7 × 17.5 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Watermark
Lettered, lower center: "VOLSEY. | [Tout plia sous mon maitre on se vit misrable. | [Mais lui meme de moi se rendit dependant: | HElas! que me servit a fatal ascendant, | Qu'a faire de ma chute un exemple effroyable]."; lettered, lower left: "Adra.vander Werss pinx."; lettered, lower right: "P.'a Gunst sculps."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.10307
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- man | pedestal | portrait | profile | relief | religious and mythological subject | sculpture
- Associated People:
- Wolsey, Thomas (1470/71–1530), royal minister, archbishop of York, and cardinal
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:26364
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