Artist: Antonio Moro (Sir Anthonis Mor, also know as Anthonis Mor van Dashorst) (Netherlandish, 1517-1577).
Title: Elisabeth de Valois
Medium: Antique Etching on laid paper after the original oil on panel by master etcher Jules-Ferdinand Jacquemart (French, 1837-1880) .
Signature: Signed in the plate
Dimensions: Image Size 9 x 10 1/2 inches
Framed Dimensions: Image Approximately 18 x 20 inches
Framing: This piece has been professionally matted and framed using all new materials.
Antonis Mor, Antonis also spelled Anthonis or Anthonius, also called Antonis Mor van Dashorst, Antonio Moro, or Anthony More, was a North Netherlandish portrait painter. Mor studied art under Jan van Scorel, and, after making a professional visit to Italy, he began to paint portraits in the style of Hans Holbein. His rise to eminence was rapid. In 1552 he was invited to Madrid by the emperor Charles V. In 1554 he was in London, painting the portrait of Queen Mary for her bridegroom, Philip II of Spain. That picture is his masterpiece. For it an annual salary and, supposedly, the honour of knighthood were conferred upon him.