Alexander Nowell, Dean of Saint Paul's

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 depicts an older man from the waist up, seated and facing slightly to his left. He has a prominent forehead, deep-set eyes, a long, thin nose, short cropped beard and mustache, and closely cropped hair covered by a cap. He is wearing a fur-collared coat over an ornate garment with visible buttons. There is no visible jewelry. The background consists of finely detailed lines and cross-hatching, with no specific elements. At the bottom of the portrait, there is a written inscription identifying the person as Alexander Nowell.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 16.6 × 12.6 cm (6 9/16 × 4 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1950.14.938

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hind 1955, Vol. 5 II, no. 61

  • 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

Q65367999

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