Sunday, October 24, 2021

Crispijn de Passe the Elder (Faces - Actual and Ideal)

Crispijn de Passe the Elder
Portrait of a Young Woman
before 1637
drawing
(print study)
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Crispijn de Passe the Elder
Portrait of Count Adolf of Nassau-Siegen
ca. 1600-1615
drawing
(print study)
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Crispijn de Passe the Elder
Portrait of Elizabeth I, Queen of England
1592
engraving
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Crispijn de Passe the Elder
Portrait of Piet Hein
1624
drawing
(print study)
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Crispijn de Passe the Elder
Portrait of a Gentleman
ca. 1620-30
drawing
(print study)
British Museum

Crispijn de Passe the Elder
Portrait of a Lady
(representing the Sense of Touch)
before 1637
drawing
(print study)
British Museum

Crispijn de Passe the Elder
Portrait of Alessandro Farnese, Duke of Parma
ca. 1585-88
engraving
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

In 1585 the Duke of Parma reconquered Antwerp for its nominal ruler, the King of Spain, restoring Roman Catholicism as the only legitimate faith.  Terms of the city's surrender included the demand that all Protestants depart within four years.  Crispijn de Passe the Elder was included among them, and exiled himself in 1589 to Protestant Cologne.  This did not, however, prevent him, before his departure, from producing the flattering portrait of the Duke, directly above.  

Crispijn de Passe the Elder
Portrait of Amerigo Vespucci
1598
engraving
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Crispijn de Passe the Elder
Statue of Marie de' Medici of France
ca. 1610
engraving
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Crispijn de Passe the Elder
Hector of Troy
before 1637
engraving
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Crispijn de Passe the Elder
Alexander the Great
before 1637
engraving
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Crispijn de Passe the Elder
Portrait of the ancient poet Virgil
1612
engraving
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Crispijn de Passe the Elder
European Sibyl
1601
engraving
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Crispijn de Passe the Elder
Samian Sibyl
1615
engraving
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Crispijn de Passe the Elder
Delphic Sibyl
1615
engraving
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam