Sir Francis Drake

published 1620

Willem de Passe and Magdalena de Passe

Associated Names
Willem de Passe

Artist, Dutch, probably 1598 - 1637

Magdalena van de Passe

Artist, Dutch, 1600 - 1638

The image shows a bust-length portrait of an individual positioned slightly angled to the right, with a confident expression. The person has a mustache, goatee, wavy hair parted at the middle, and is wearing formal attire with a textured tunic, collared shirt with lace detailing, a draped sash, and a ruffled ribbon. They hold a globe in their left hand. The background includes a circle with decorative text and horizontal lines.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 11.8 cm (4 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1950.14.366

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hind 1955, Vol. 5 II, no. 29

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

Q65087247

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