John Rainolds, President of Corpus College Osford, and Dean of Lincoln

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 is an engraving showing a man from the waist up. He is standing facing the viewer with a slightly turned body. The man has a high forehead, prominent nose, a full beard with a mustache, short hair, and is wearing a long-sleeved garment with a high ruff around the neck. He holds a closed book in both hands with the cover facing the viewer. The background has a lined pattern and below the portrait is the name "IOANNES RAINOLDUS" along with Latin text.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 16.5 × 12.7 cm (6 1/2 × 5 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1950.14.1017

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hind 1955, Vol. 5 II, no. 64

  • 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

Q65368008

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