William Butler, Physician

Simon de Passe

Associated Names
Simon van de Passe

Artist, German, c. 1595 - 1647

This image shows a portrait of a person from the waist up, seated in a slightly turned position with hands resting one over the other. The person has a beard and mustache, and is wearing a cap with a pattern. They are dressed in formal attire with a cloak and wide collar. The portrait is in an oval frame with text along the edges, and there is a plaque below with an inscription. The background is an off-white, aged paper with an ornate border.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving [facsimile]

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 18.2 × 11 cm (7 3/16 × 4 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1950.14.247

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, Vol. XVI, no. 31

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891 - 1979], Philadelphia, (L.1932d); gift to NGA, 1950.

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

Q65084052

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