Sir Philip Sidney, Soldier and Poet

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 shows a detailed engraved portrait of a man from the chest up. He is facing slightly to the right, with his head turned to look directly at the viewer. He has a high forehead, arched eyebrows, piercing eyes, and a small mustache and beard around his lips. His hair is styled in soft waves, swept back from his face. He is wearing a historical outfit with a large ruffled collar and a richly textured doublet with buttons and embellishments. The portrait is surrounded by an oval frame with inscribed text and more text below the portrait. The background consists of horizontal lines and the paper has a textured appearance with faint text visible in the backdrop.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 15.6 × 12.1 cm (6 1/8 × 4 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1950.14.1106

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hind 1955, Vol. 5 II, no. 20

  • 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

Q65368057

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