Anne Bill

Simon de Passe

Associated Names
Simon van de Passe

Artist, German, c. 1595 - 1647

The image is an engraving showing a portrait of a woman in an oval frame, displaying her head and upper chest. She has a composed expression, with delicate facial features and a lace-framed cap covering her hair. She is wearing an Elizabethan-style dress with an intricate lace collar around her neck and a pendant necklace. Above her portrait, an angel with wings is depicted resting its head on its hand, surrounded by architectural motifs and clouds with Latin text. The background features a pastoral landscape with trees and hills, visible on either side of the central architectural structure framing the portrait.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 15.3 × 10 cm (6 × 3 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1951.11.173

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, Vol. XVI, no. 22


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, 1951.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge

Wikidata ID

Q65366764

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