Sir Henry Sidney, Lord Deputy of Ireland

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 is an engraving of a man facing slightly to his right, showing his upper body. The man has a beard, mustache, prominent nose, and sharp eyes. He wears a decorative cap with a plume, a high-collared jacket, ruffled collar, and a beaded necklace. The background has a circular frame with inscriptions and Latin text below the portrait. The image is on paper with visible text on the reverse side.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 16 × 11.2 cm (6 5/16 × 4 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1950.14.1103

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hind 1955, Vol. 5 II, no. 19

  • Series Title

    Herwologia

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Q65368050

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