Frederick V, Elector Palatine, King of Bohemia

Crispijn de Passe I

Associated Names
Crispijn van de Passe I

Artist, Dutch, c. 1565 - 1637

The image shows an engraving of a person within an oval frame. The person has a delicate face with medium-length hair, wearing an elaborate period garment with a high ruffled collar. They have a sash across their chest. The ornate frame around the portrait features heraldic imagery, including a globe topped with a crown, flags, swords, shields, lion figures, and scrollwork. The background consists solely of the decorative frame.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 28.1 × 20 cm (11 1/16 × 7 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1951.11.969

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, Vol. XVI, no. 143, State ad

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

Q65222578

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