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The image shows an engraving of a man from the chest upwards. He is facing forward, slightly turned to his right. The man has a beard and wrinkles around his eyes, with his hair covered by a flat cap. He is wearing a 16th-century robe with a ruffled collar and a cloak with patterns. He holds a small book. The background features an engraved cityscape with buildings and towers along a riverside. The image is framed by an ornate border with Latin text around the portrait.
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The image shows an engraving of a man from the chest upwards. He is facing forward, slightly turned to his right. The man has a beard and wrinkles around his eyes, with his hair covered by a flat cap. He is wearing a 16th-century robe with a ruffled collar and a cloak with patterns. He holds a small book. The background features an engraved cityscape with buildings and towers along a riverside. The image is framed by an ornate border with Latin text around the portrait.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Abbot George, Archbishop of Canterbury

Simon de Passe

Medium
engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 17.7 × 12.1 cm (6 15/16 × 4 3/4 in.)
Classification
Print · Historical Portrait
Accession number
1951.11.145
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Time span
1551 to 1600
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Dutch
Provenance

W. B. Dukes [d. 1942], London, (L.2757a); (Sotheby, London, sale July 8, 1942, no. 112); Hermann Marx [d. 1948], Surrey, (L.2816a); (Sotheby, London, sale May 24, 1948, no. 165); Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891 - 1979], Philadelphia, (L.1932d); gift to NGA, 1951.

NGA object ID 40427. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.