Charles, Prince of Wales

Style of Simon de Passe

Associated Names
Simon van de Passe

Related Artist, German, c. 1595 - 1647

The image depicts the upper portion of a person's body, focusing on the head and shoulders. The person is facing slightly to the side, looking at the viewer. The oval-shaped face features thin, arched eyebrows, almond-shaped eyes, and voluminous, somewhat wavy hair styled back. They are wearing a period garment with an elaborate collar resembling lace or ruffles. The circular illustration includes text along the edges within a dark, cross-hatched background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving pulled from silver medal

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 2.9 × 2.9 cm (1 1/8 × 1 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.9304


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, 1964. [1]
[1] This print comes from a large collection of “historical portrait” prints purchased by Rosenwald in 1948. A small subset of this collection—including this print—was sent at an unknown date to the NGA, where it was not immediately accessioned. When NGA registrars came upon this group in 1964, they and Rosenwald erroneously believed that the works had accidentally been omitted from the donor’s 1943 gift to the museum. As a result, the sheets were assigned retroactive accession numbers corresponding with that date. For related correspondence, see NGA curatorial file for objects 1943.3.9230-9317.

Associated Names

Wikidata ID

Q65018803

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