King James I of England and VI of Scotland: enthroned, he watches personifications of England (?) and Scotland (?) being crowned by Minerva; (left) Hercules clubbing Envy; (right) Minerva spearing Ignorance. Engraving by S. Gribelin, 1720, after Sir P.P. Rubens.

[London] : Sim. Gribelin ... et excudit, MDCCXX [1720]

1 print : engraving ; platemark 32.8 x 46.6 cm

Grav'd by Sim. Gribelin from the painting of Sr. P.P. Rubens on the cieling in the Banqueting-house at White-hall, in the year 1720, cum privil. defunct. Annæ regin. Lettering continues: This cieling represents in proper and curious emblems the prosperous state of Great Britain in the reign of King James the 1st. His concern for religion, his love of arts and sciences, the birth of a prince, the union of the two kingdoms, and his Majesty's most eminent virtues crown'd with glory and immortality. Aeri incidit Sim: Gribelin ad tabulas P.P. Rubens eq: aur; in laqueari aulae regiae epulis sacrae de White-hall. Londini Anno D.ni MDCCXX. et excudit. In hisce tabulis Pax et Copia se mutuo amplexae, res Britannicas, regnante Jacobo I.o filio regi recens nato, conjunctisque sub unius imperio Angliae Scotiaeque regnis maxime floruisse testantur. His, plurimisque aliis beneficiis, rex de religione, de bonis artibus, et de patriâ bene meritus coelo, et immortalitate donatur.

Not found in: Freeman O'Donoghue, Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, London 1910

Wellcome Collection 3063498i

The lettering on the present print describes three prints as a group: Wellcome Library nos. 2058866i, 3063498i (the present print) and 3063499i