Her Royal Highness Princess Ann of Denmark

Dateca. 1700

After work by Sir Godfrey Kneller (1646-1723)

Maker John Smith ca. 1652 - ca. 1742

OriginEngland, London

MediumMezzotint engraving

DimensionsOverall: 13 3/4 × 9 7/8in. (34.9 × 25.1cm)

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1979-20

DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "Her Royal Highness Princess Ann of Denmark/ G Kneller Eques pinx/ I Smith fec: et excudit"Label TextThis print is a portrait of Her Royal Highness Princess Anne of Denmark (1574-1619) who was the Queen consort of James Charles Stuart (1566-1625) - King James VI of Scotland, who in 1603 became King James I of England and Ireland. Anne of Denmark's father was Frederick II of Norway & Denmark. Her mother was Sophia, daughter of Ulric III, Duke of Mecklenburg.ProvenanceBefore 1979, Parke Rouse, Jr. [1915-1997] (Williamsburg, VA); 1979-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).