Robert Cecil, First Earl of Salisbury

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 head and shoulders portrait of a man within an oval frame of an engraving. The man is facing forward with his head slightly turned to his right. He has distinct facial features such as high cheekbones, a pointed nose, and a small pointed beard with a mustache. His hair is dark and wavy, styled back from his forehead. He wears an elaborate ruffled collar and a dark outer garment with a visible embroidered pattern along the borderline. The background features intricate, horizontal line patterns.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 15.9 × 12.4 cm (6 1/4 × 4 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1950.14.1057

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hind 1955, Vol. 5 II, no. 34

  • 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

Q65368036

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