Prince Henry with the Pike

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

The image shows a person standing poised with a long spear-like weapon resting on their shoulder. The individual is facing right, with their right hand grasping the spear near the head and their left hand holding it toward the end. They have sharp facial features and short hair styled upwards. The person is dressed in a historical outfit with a puffed doublet and knee-length breeches with decorations, a sash, and pointed shoes. Their legs are in a fencing stance. The ground appears patterned, and there is a detailed drawing of a plumed helmet and feathers in the background. The image is bordered by a frame and surrounded by a blank area on a worn page with printed text at the bottom.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 15.5 × 11.8 cm (6 1/8 × 4 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1950.14.664

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hind 1955, Vol. 5 II, no. 12

  • Series Title

    Herwologia

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

W. B. Dukes [d. 1942], London; (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

Q65367935

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