Edward Seymour, First Duke of Somerset

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 is a portrait of a man's upper body. He is facing forward with a neutral expression, a long beard, and a mustache. He wears a hat with a feather plume and a decorative band. His attire includes a coat with a fur collar and a garment with a medallion on a chain. The background is detailed with crosshatching, and there is a circular frame with inscriptions surrounding the portrait. Latin text is displayed at the bottom of the image.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 15.7 × 11.5 cm (6 3/16 × 4 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1950.14.1126

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hind 1955, Vol. 5 II, no. 7

  • Series Title

    Herwologia

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Q65368076

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