Henry VII of England
Renold Elstrack
published 1638
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 18.5 × 12 cm (7 5/16 × 4 3/4 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1950.14.645
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Renold Elstrack
Renold Elstracke (c. 1570–after 1625), one of England's earliest native-born engravers, emerged as a pivotal figure in the late Elizabethan and Jacobean art world. Born to Josephe Elstrage, a migrant from "Lukeland" in the province of Liège (modern-day Belgium) who settled in England in 1551, Elstracke likely honed his craft under the tutelage of Crispin van de Passe the elder in Cologne before ar...