Edward Somerset, Fourth Earl of Worcester

Edward Somerset, Fourth Earl of Worcester by Simon de Passe

Medium

engraving

Dimensions

plate: 18.6 × 11.7 cm (7 5/16 × 4 5/8 in.)

Classification

Print

Department

CG-E

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Rosenwald Collection

Accession Number

1951.11.251

About the Artist

Simon de Passe · 15901647

Simon de Passe (c. 1595–1647), born in Cologne to the renowned Dutch engraver and publisher Crispijn van de Passe the Elder and his wife Magdalene, grew up in a family dynasty of printmakers who had fled Antwerp due to religious persecution as Anabaptists. The second son among five siblings—four of whom became engravers, including brothers Crispijn II and Willem, and sister Magdalena—he trained un...

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