Sir Nicholas Bacon, Lord Keeper

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

This image depicts a portrait showing the upper half of a man's body. The man is seated and turned slightly to his right. He has a round face, with prominent eyes and a full beard. His head is covered with a flat, round hat with a wide brim. The man is wearing an elaborate coat with a high fur collar and a buttoned doublet underneath. He is holding a staff in his right hand and wears a bracelet on his right wrist. The background is a plain surface with the phrase "Mediocri Firma" to the left of the man's head. At the bottom, the image includes text with the name "Nicolaus Baconus" and additional Latin inscriptions.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 16.3 × 12.3 cm (6 7/16 × 4 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1950.14.162

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hind 1955, Vol. 5 II, no. 17

  • Series Title

    Herwologia

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, 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

Q65087163

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