William Whitaker, D.D., Master of Saint John's College, Cambridge

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 a man from the waist up, sitting in a frontal position with his body slightly turned to his left. His hands are holding an open book. He has a rounded face with a full beard and mustache, and his hair is covered by a flat wide-brimmed hat. He is dressed in a robe with a fur or feather-trimmed collar over a garment with a pleated ruff around his neck. The background is plain with a textured pattern, typical of engraving. Below the portrait, there is an inscription with text.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 16.2 × 12.5 cm (6 3/8 × 4 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1950.14.1213

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hind 1955, Vol. 5 II, no. 60

  • 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

Q65368134

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