Sir Francis Bacon

Simon de Passe

Associated Names
Simon van de Passe

Artist, German, c. 1595 - 1647

The image depicts a portrait of a man shown from the waist up. He is seated, looking forward with a serious expression. He has a pointed beard, long mustache, wavy medium-length hair, and is wearing a high-collared ruff, a detailed robe or coat, and a wide-brimmed hat with an ornamental band. One of his hands is visible, holding a sheet of paper. The background features an oval frame with intricate designs and an emblem or crest at the top, with inscriptions in scroll-like parts of the frame surrounding the figure. The image is monochromatic.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 18.1 × 11 cm (7 1/8 × 4 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1951.11.154

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, Vol. XVI, no. 16

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

Q65366678

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