Simon de Passe

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Simon de Passe , also: van de Pas, Pass (* around 1595 ; † May 6, 1647 in Copenhagen , Denmark ) was an engraver and medalist specializing in portraits .

Live and act

Simon van de Passe was the second son of Crispin de Passe the Elder , from whom he was trained, and brother of Crispin the Younger , Willem and Magdalena . Until 1616 he worked with his father in Utrecht. His first prints date from around 1612. They were two plates in the Hollstein series 231ad and 232ad, published by his father in Utrecht. From 1615 to 1622 he stayed in London and made professional portraits for the publisher Compton Holland. From 1617 he had his records relocated to Sudbury & Humble . Franken suspects that he stabbed a sheet for the Manège Royal while visiting his brother Crispin de Passe the younger .

From 1624 Simon lived in Copenhagen , where from 1631 he was appointed royal copper engraver by Christian IV of Denmark and Norway . In Denmark he made a series of 84 plates on the country's history, called The Kronberg Series.

Simon was an expert in portrait engraving and the pioneer of a new type of ear frame. Around 1615/18 he developed a method of serial production of the engraved oval portraits. These were not intended for printing and instead were used like medals.

signature

Simon de Pas' signature reads: S.Paß sculp.

Works (selection)

Pocohantas , British Museum
  • 1612 Henry Frederick Prince of Wales , made in London; Hollstein, No. 61.
  • 1614 portrait by Hendrick Goltzius , Hollstein, no.57.
  • 1616 King Charles I.
  • 1616 Francis Bacon
  • 1616 Pocohantas (1595–1617) , 170 × 117 mm, oval, signed: S.Paß sculp. , The inscription reads: MATOAKA ALS REBECCA FILIA POTENTISS: PRINC: POWHATANI IMP: VIRGINIÆ. At the bottom of the oval is: Ætatis suæ 21. Ao / 1616. , British Museum .
  • Sir Walter Raleigh , page from Walter Raleigh: History of World. World history in 5 books.
  • Captain John Smith (1580–1630) , inscription: THE PORTRAICTUER OF CAPTAYNE IOHN SMITH ADMIRAL OF NEW ENGLAND , inscription: AF, ta 37 A ° 1616 * Map of the coast of New England described by Captain Smith
  • Equestrian portrait of Anne of Denmark
  • 1618 Engravings for Henry Holland's Baziliologia
  • 1619 A series of electors on horseback , Netherlands
  • 1623 Antoine de Pluvinel Hollstein, no.105.
  • 1637 Christian Matthias Simon sc.

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personal data
SURNAME Passe, Simon de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pas, Simon van de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch engraver and medalist
DATE OF BIRTH around 1595
DATE OF DEATH May 6, 1647
Place of death Copenhagen