Robert Devereux, Second Earl of Essex

published 1620

Willem de Passe

Associated Names
Willem de Passe

Artist, Dutch, probably 1598 - 1637

Magdalena van de Passe

Artist, Dutch, 1600 - 1638

This is an engraved portrait of a man wearing armor. The man has strong, defined features including deeply set eyes and a broad nose. He has voluminous wavy hair, a full beard, and a mustache. He is wearing detailed armor with rivets and embossed patterns, as well as a fabric sash across his chest. Surrounding the portrait is an oval border with Latin text, and there are closely spaced horizontal lines in the background. Additional Latin text is visible at the bottom of the image.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 16.3 × 11.3 cm (6 7/16 × 4 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1950.14.447

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hind 1955, Vol. 5 II, no. 32

  • 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

Q65087280

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