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An unknown cameo of James I and the Order of the Garter
06/2006 | 1239 | 148
Pages: 400-405
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Author:
Hein, Jørgen (Hein, Jørgen)
Subjects
dates:
1630-1639 / 1640-1649
museums and institutions:
Rosenborg Castle, Copenhagen, Denmark
print:
James I, King of England, 1566-1625
print:
Cameo carving
subjects:
James I, King of England, 1566-1625
subjects:
Cameos / Gem carvings / Collections, Public / Identification / Goblets / Cups / Enamels / Gold / Iconography / Order of the Garter
Illustrations
Attributed works:
33. Queen Elizabeth’s visit to Blackfriars in 1600, to attend the marriage of Lord and Lady Herbert, attributed to Robert Peake the Elder. 1600. Canvas, 132 by 188 cm. (Sherborne Castle; photograph by kind permission of J.K. Wingfield Digby).
Attributed works:
40. Christian IV of Denmark’s Great George, here ascribed to Corvinianus Saur. Copenhagen, 1606. Gold, enamel, pearls and diamonds, altered and mounted on a pedestal before 1696, 5.6 by 4.4 by 4.6 cm. (Rosenborg Castle, Copenhagen).
Attributed works:
41. Detail of Fig.40.
Attributed works:
42. Detail of Fig.40.
Western art unattributed:
34. James I. Brown on white sardonyx cameo, oval, 3.8 by 2.7 cm. (Rosenborg Castle, Copenhagen).
Western art unattributed:
35. Cup set with cameos. Northern European, 1635–50. Gold and enamel, 43.3 cm. high (overall). The moor with a dragon dates from c.1615 and originally formed an independent statuette. (Rosenborg Castle, Copenhagen).
Western art unattributed:
36. Hind. Brown on white sardonyx cameo, circular, 3.3 by 3 cm. (Rosenborg Castle, Copenhagen).
Western art unattributed:
37. Duke Ulrik, by an unknown painter. Copenhagen, 1605–10. Canvas, 104 by 83 cm. (Danish Museum of National History, Frederiksborg Castle, Hillerød).
Western art unattributed:
38. Detail of Fig.37.
Western art unattributed:
39. Duke Ulrik’s Lesser George. Sardonyx, gold and enamel set with fifty-four table-cut diamonds (one missing), 4.6 cm. diam. (cameo); 6.5 cm. diam. (overall). (Rosenborg Castle, Copenhagen).