Portret van Carel Passé als Filips de Goede

About this artwork

plaatrand: hoogte 459 mm x breedte 344 mm

Art Historical Context

Behold *Portret van Carel Passé als Filips de Goede* (Portrait of Carel Passé as Philip the Good), a captivating 1779 hand-colored print by English engraver Richard Brookshaw. Measuring 459 mm high by 344 mm wide—matching the plate border—this work depicts Carel Passé, likely an actor or performer, costumed as the illustrious 15th-century Duke of Burgundy, Philip the Good (1396–1467). Philip was a pivotal figure in the Low Countries' history, patron of the arts and expander of Burgundian power, evoking the opulent courts of medieval Flanders. Created during the late Enlightenment, when histor...