Sir John Cheke, Tutor to Edward VI

published 1620

Willem de Passe and Magdalena de Passe

Associated Names
Willem de Passe

Artist, Dutch, probably 1598 - 1637

Magdalena van de Passe

Artist, Dutch, 1600 - 1638

The image shows a bust-length portrait of a man seated inside an oval frame. He has distinctive facial features including a straight nose, narrow eyes, and high cheekbones. He has a long beard and short hair covered with a cap. He wears elaborate attire with fur details on the collar, indicating wealth. A chain with a large pendant hangs around his neck. The background inside the oval is textured with horizontal lines, and scripted text surrounds the oval frame.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 15.5 × 11.3 cm (6 1/8 × 4 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1950.14.299

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hind 1955, Vol. 5 II, no. 14

  • 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

Q65087220

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