Shield of Queen Elizabeth [left half]
Simon de Passe
1551 to 1600
![Shield of Queen Elizabeth [left half] by Simon de Passe](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/nga/thumb/shield-of-queen-elizabeth-left-half-nga-11737.webp)
Medium
engraving pulled from engraved silver medal by the artist
Dimensions
plate: 5.8 × 4.8 cm (2 5/16 × 1 7/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.9236.a
About the Artist
Simon de Passe · 1590–1647
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...