Magdalena de Passe
(1600-1638), EngraverSitter in 2 portraits
Artist associated with 137 portraits
The daughter of prominent Dutch engraver and publisher Crispijn Van de Passe the Elder; her brothers were the engravers Simon and Willem de Passe. Her father was the founder of a distinguished publishing house in Cologne that produced portraits of European nobility and religious and other prints. The family were forced to leave Cologne because of their Anabaptist faith. They moved to Utrecht where Crispijn Van de Passe started another prosperous business, producing prints for the English market. Magdalena and Willem engraved the sixty-five portraits of famous English scholars in Henry Holland's Heroologia, which was published by their father in Utrecht in 1620.
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex
by Walter Dolle, after Magdalena de Passe, after Willem de Passe
line engraving, published 1672 (1620)
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after Magdalena de Passe, after Willem de Passe
line engraving, published 1688
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George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland
after Magdalena de Passe, after Willem de Passe
line engraving, 18th century
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Katherine Villiers (née Manners, later MacDonnell), Duchess of Buckingham
by Charles Hall, after Magdalena de Passe
line engraving, 18th century (1620-1623)
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by Magdalena de Passe, by Willem de Passe
line engraving, published 1620
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Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex
by Magdalena de Passe, by Willem de Passe
line engraving, published 1620
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Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex
by Magdalena de Passe, by Willem de Passe
line engraving, published 1620
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Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex
after Magdalena de Passe, after Willem de Passe
line engraving, (1620)
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by Magdalena de Passe, by Willem de Passe
line engraving, published 1620
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by Magdalena de Passe, by Willem de Passe
line engraving, 1620
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Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury
by Magdalena de Passe, or by Willem de Passe
line engraving, 1620
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by Magdalena de Passe, by Willem de Passe
line engraving, published 1620
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by Magdalena de Passe, by Willem de Passe
line engraving, published 1620
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by Magdalena de Passe, or by Willem de Passe
line engraving, published 1620
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by Magdalena de Passe, or by Willem de Passe
line engraving, published 1620
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by Magdalena de Passe, by Willem de Passe
line engraving, published 1622
NPG D20857
by William Marshall, after Magdalena de Passe, after Willem de Passe
line engraving, published 1648
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Related People
- Crispijn de Passe the Elder (father)
- Crispijn de Passe the Younger (brother)
- Simon de Passe (brother)
- Willem de Passe (brother)
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