William Cecil, First Baron Burghley

published 1620

Willem de Passe and Magdalena de Passe

Associated Names
Magdalena van de Passe

Artist, Dutch, 1600 - 1638

Willem de Passe

Artist, Dutch, probably 1598 - 1637

The image portrays a man from the waist up, facing forward with his head slightly turned to the left. He has a long beard and mustache, with a serious expression on his face. He wears a cap with a brim and an elaborate garment with a high ruff around his neck and a decorative robe. The background features a patterned oval frame with the name "GUILIELMUS" and additional text around it.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 16.1 × 12.2 cm (6 5/16 × 4 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1950.14.242

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hind 1955, Vol. 5 II, no. 30

  • Series Title

    Herwologia

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

W. B. Dukes [d. 1942], London, (L.2757a); (Sotheby, London, sale July 8, 1942, no. 112); Hermann Marx [d. 1948], Surrey, (L.2816a); (Sotheby, London, sale May 24, 1948, no. 165); Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891 - 1979], Philadelphia, (L.1932d); gift to NGA, 1950.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1955

  • Hind, Arthur M. Engraving in England in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries. 3 vols. Cambridge: University Press, 1955.

Wikidata ID

Q65087193

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