Le Cercle De Leurs Magestes Dans La Chambre De Presence: A: S. Iames; illustration from 'Histoire de l'entrée de la Reyne Mère dans la Grande Brètaigne'

Anonymous, French, 17th century

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Charles I, Henrietta Maria, their children, and Marie de Medici, with attendants, in St. James's Palace. Illustration from the book, 'Histoire de l'entrée de la Reyne Mère dans la Grande Brètaigne', by Jean Puget de la Serre (London, 1639). See 37.19.1(a, b).

Drawings and Prints

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Department’s vast collection of works on paper comprises approximately 21,000 drawings, 1.2 million prints, and 12,000 illustrated books created in Europe and the Americas from about 1400 to the present day. Since its foundation in 1916, the Department has been committed to collecting a wide range of works on paper, which includes both pieces that are incredibly rare and lauded for their aesthetic appeal, as well as material that is more popular, functional, and ephemeral. The broad scope of the department’s collecting encourages questions of connoisseurship as well as those pertaining to function and context, and demonstrates the vital role that prints, drawings, and illustrated books have played throughout history.

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