Ambrose Dudley, Earl of Warwick

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 shows a portrait of a man's upper body within an oval frame. The man faces slightly to the left, looking directly at the viewer. He has distinct facial features, a neatly trimmed beard, mustache, and light hair under a cap with a decorative feather-like element. He wears a detailed garment with a fur-lined high collar and buttons, and below the portrait is a Latin inscription. The background has intricate linework, and the portrait is printed on a slightly aged sheet with yellowing and creases at the edges.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 15 × 11.3 cm (5 7/8 × 4 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1950.14.1208

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hind 1955, Vol. 5 II, no. 22

  • 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

Q65368124

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