Amerigo Vespucci
Crispijn van de Passe, I
1590/1600
Medium
Engraving on paper
Dimensions
Plate: 13.7 × 9.8 cm (5 7/16 × 3 7/8 in.); sheet: 14.3 × 10.5 cm (5 11/16 × 4 3/16 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
267677
About the Artist
Crispijn van de Passe, I · 1565–1637
Crispijn van de Passe the Elder, born around 1564 in the coastal town of Arnemuiden in Zeeland, emerged as a pivotal figure in Northern European printmaking during a turbulent era. He relocated to Antwerp at a young age, the bustling epicenter of engraving, where he trained and worked from 1580 onward, becoming a member of the Guild of Saint Luke in the 1584–1585 guild year. The Spanish siege and ...