Charles, Prince of Wales

Style of Simon de Passe

Associated Names
Simon van de Passe

Related Artist, German, c. 1595 - 1647

There is a circular engraved portrait of a man from the chest upward, positioned in the center of a square piece of worn paper. The man faces slightly to his left with his head turned towards the viewer. He has a prominent nose, a slight smile, expressive eyes, and neatly combed hair styled backward. He wears an elaborate collar, likely made of lace, common in historical formal wear, that extends outward with a high neckline framing his neck. The portrait is bordered by inscribed text, set against a background patterned with fine lines and dots. The aged paper background is beige with visible age spots.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving pulled from silver medal

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 2.3 × 2.4 cm (7/8 × 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.9307


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

Q65018806

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