Period: 17th century / Genre: portrait / Creator: Unknown artist

1. An Unknown Young Man

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1622
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 33 1/4 x 24 1/2 inches (84.5 x 62.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

2. An Unknown Woman and Her Two Children

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1624
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 35 3/4 x 27 inches (90.8 x 68.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. Sir Thomas Winne

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1615
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 83 x 51 inches (210.8 x 129.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. A Roman Emperor

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1830s
Materials & Techniques:: Bronze
Dimensions:: Overall: 23 x 13 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches (58.4 x 34.3 x 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

5. Bust of a Man

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1640 or mid-19th century
Materials & Techniques:: Bronze, with traces of gilding (on marble base)
Dimensions:: Overall: 27 1/2 x 24 x 12 inches (69.9 x 61 x 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleaveland

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1678-1679
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 5/8 × 11 3/8 inches (47.3 × 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Portrait of a Man in a Full Bottomed Wig and Yellow Brocade Coat

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1680
Materials & Techniques:: Pastel, black chalk, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 × 9 3/8 inches (35.6 × 23.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Portrait of a Gentleman

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pastel, black chalk, white chalk, gouache, and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/4 × 9 1/4 inches (28.6 × 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Sir Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St. Alban

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 × 10 inches (35.6 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Sir Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St. Alban

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1627
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/16 × 4 1/4 inches (17.9 × 10.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Antonius Van Dyck Eques and Peter Paul Rubens Eques

Creator:: Print made by Paulus Pontius, 1603–1658
Date:: between 1618 and 1658
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 7/8 × 17 5/8 inches (32.7 × 44.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. The Queen Dowager

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1688
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 x 9 1/2in. (29.5 x 24.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. The Lady Essex Finch

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 3/4 × 16 inches (55.2 × 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Carolus Dei Gratia Magnae Britanniae

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: between 1633 and 1670
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving, stipple engraving, and etching (2nd state) on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 15 × 11 inches (38.1 × 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Sir Edward Coke

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1615
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 10 5/8 × 8 1/4 inches (27 × 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Sir Henry Vane, Knight of Raby Castle

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca.1662
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/8 × 6 3/4 inches (23.8 × 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Portrait of a Gentleman

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1666
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache and gold on vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 3/8 x 2 inches (6 x 5.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Portrait of a Gentleman

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on card mounted on wood
Dimensions:: Frame: 4 1/4 x 3 3/4 x 3/4 inches (10.8 x 9.5 x 1.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Duke of Monmouth as a Boy

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: between 1673 and 1685
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 9/16 × 10 1/4 inches (34.5 × 26 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John Hay Whitney, Yale BA 1926, Yale MA (HON.) 1956, transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery

20. Anthonius van Opstal

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1635
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, line engraving and stipple engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 14 15/16 × 11 1/8 inches (37.9 × 28.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Philippus le Roy

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1635
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and stipple engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/8 × 11 1/2 inches (39.1 × 29.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Robert Devereux, second Earl of Essex

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: between 1616 and 1621
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, laid on mount
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/16 × 4 7/16 inches (18 × 11.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John Hay Whitney, Yale BA 1926, Yale MA (HON.) 1956, transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery

23. Portrait of Young Man

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/8 × 5 1/2 inches (20.6 × 14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

24. George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/4 × 4 1/8 inches (17.1 × 10.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Samuel Butler

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 7/8 × 4 3/8 inches (12.4 × 11.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Portrait of a Man

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/2 x 4 inches (11.4 x 10.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948

27. Portrait of a Young Woman

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: between 1680 and 1685
Materials & Techniques:: Red chalk on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper, mounted on wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/4 × 4 3/4 inches (17.1 × 12.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Portrait of a Lady

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pastel, black chalk, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 × 9 1/4 inches (29.2 × 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Portrait of an Unknown Man in a Full-Bottomed Wig

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pastel, black chalk, and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 × 10 3/8 inches (33 × 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. An Unknown Young Man

2. An Unknown Woman and Her Two Children

3. Sir Thomas Winne

4. A Roman Emperor

5. Bust of a Man

6. Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleaveland

7. Portrait of a Man in a Full Bottomed Wig and Yellow Brocade Coat

8. Portrait of a Gentleman

9. Sir Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St. Alban

10. Sir Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St. Alban

11. Antonius Van Dyck Eques and Peter Paul Rubens Eques

12. The Queen Dowager

13. The Lady Essex Finch

14. Carolus Dei Gratia Magnae Britanniae

15. Sir Edward Coke

16. Sir Henry Vane, Knight of Raby Castle

17. Portrait of a Gentleman

18. Portrait of a Gentleman

19. Duke of Monmouth as a Boy

20. Anthonius van Opstal

21. Philippus le Roy

22. Robert Devereux, second Earl of Essex

23. Portrait of Young Man

24. George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham

25. Samuel Butler

26. Portrait of a Man

27. Portrait of a Young Woman

28. Portrait of a Lady

29. Portrait of an Unknown Man in a Full-Bottomed Wig