Lancelot Andrews, Bishop of Ely and Winchester

Simon de Passe

Associated Names
Simon van de Passe

Artist, German, c. 1595 - 1647

The image shows a portrait of a man from the waist up, sitting down and turned slightly to the right. He has a serious expression, a mustache, full beard, neatly styled hair under a square cap, and is dressed in traditional clerical attire with a large ruff collar and voluminous sleeves. There is an ornate ribbon design around him with inscriptions indicating his title and name as "Lancel. Andrewes." He holds a small book or paper in his hand. The background is an aged paper texture.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 18.2 × 11 cm (7 3/16 × 4 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1951.11.148

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, Vol. XVI, no. 10

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, 1951.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge

Wikidata ID

Q65366646

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