'The Death of Rizzio' (David Riccio (Rizzio); Mary, Queen of Scots) Portrait Print

'The Death of Rizzio' (David Riccio (Rizzio); Mary, Queen of Scots) NPG D13131

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by P. Rothwell, published by Thomas Kelly, after Miers

David Rizzio, or Riccio, came to Scotland with an Ambassador from Savoy in 1561. The Queen employed him first as a singer and then as her private secretary. To Mary's enemies he became a symbol of her reliance on Catholic foreigners, and (unfounded) rumours were spread that she was having an adulterous affair with him. In 1566 he was violently murdered in Mary's presence by a group of rebellious nobles assisted by Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, Mary's second husband. Scenes of the murder of... more

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