[]
Your ongoing selection
Asset(s) Assets
Your quote 0

Your selection

Clear selection
{"event":"pageview","page_type1":"catalog","page_type2":"image_page","language":"en","user_logged":"false","user_type":"ecommerce","nl_subscriber":"false"}
{"event":"ecommerce_event","event_name":"view_item","event_category":"browse_catalog","ecommerce":{"items":[{"item_id":"ROC5952275","item_brand":"other","item_category":"object","item_category2":"out_of_copyright","item_category3":"standard","item_category4":"mary_queen_of_scots_1542_87","item_category5":"not_balown","item_list_name":"search_results","item_name":"a_catte_c_1569_84_embroidered_canvas_panel","item_variant":"undefined"}]}}
Metadata Block (Hidden)

Contact us for further help

High res file dimension

Search for more high res images or videos

A catte c. 1569-84 (embroidered canvas panel)

IMAGE number
ROC5952275
Image title
A catte c. 1569-84 (embroidered canvas panel)
Artist
Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-87) / Scottish
Location
Royal Collection Trust
Medium
embroidered canvas panel
Date
1569 AD - 1584 AD (C16th AD)
Dimensions
29.5x29.5 cms
Image description

This embroidered panel, of cruciform shape, depicting a ginger cat with a mouse on a chequered floor, bearing the cipher of Mary, Queen of Scots. The figure of the cat is taken from a woodcut in Icones Animalium by Conrad Gesner, an illustrated natural history book published in Zurich in 1555. It has been suggested that in this panel the Queen was alluding to herself as the mouse and Queen Elizabeth as the

Photo credit
Royal Collection Trust / © His Majesty King Charles III, 2024 / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords
16th century / animal / cat / tapestry / needlework / stitched / embroidery / cross stich / mouse / cross
Leave the work to our dedicated Account Managers
License details
Your details
*
*
*
*
*
Asset - General information
Copyright status
No Additional Copyright
Permissions
More info
Permission required for all uses - Please contact us
Special Instructions
Web download not available - Please contact your account manager for access
Largest available format 4303 × 4243 px 30 MB
Dimension [pixels] Dimension in 300dpi [mm] File size [MB]
Large 4303 × 4243 px 364 × 359 mm 30.1 MB
Medium 1024 × 1010 px 87 × 86 mm 1.7 MB

Similar Images