Robert Sidney, First Earl of Leicester

Simon de Passe

Associated Names
Simon van de Passe

Artist, German, c. 1595 - 1647

The image is a detailed portrait engraving of a man. The man is shown from the waist up, positioned slightly angled to the left and looking straight ahead. He has a beard and mustache, styled hair with curls around his temples and forehead, and is wearing elaborate Elizabethan attire, including a robe with a fur collar and a ruffled lace collar. The clothing has fine patterns, and the background includes decorative elements like ribbons and a crest. There is Latin text above and below the portrait in elegant calligraphy.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 18.2 × 11.2 cm (7 3/16 × 4 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1951.11.203

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, Vol. XVI, no. 76, State ii

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

Q65366887

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