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The image is an engraving showing a portrait of a woman in an oval frame, displaying her head and upper chest. She has a composed expression, with delicate facial features and a lace-framed cap covering her hair. She is wearing an Elizabethan-style dress with an intricate lace collar around her neck and a pendant necklace. Above her portrait, an angel with wings is depicted resting its head on its hand, surrounded by architectural motifs and clouds with Latin text. The background features a pastoral landscape with trees and hills, visible on either side of the central architectural structure framing the portrait.
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The image is an engraving showing a portrait of a woman in an oval frame, displaying her head and upper chest. She has a composed expression, with delicate facial features and a lace-framed cap covering her hair. She is wearing an Elizabethan-style dress with an intricate lace collar around her neck and a pendant necklace. Above her portrait, an angel with wings is depicted resting its head on its hand, surrounded by architectural motifs and clouds with Latin text. The background features a pastoral landscape with trees and hills, visible on either side of the central architectural structure framing the portrait.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Anne Bill

Simon de Passe

Medium
engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 15.3 × 10 cm (6 × 3 15/16 in.)
Classification
Print · Historical Portrait
Accession number
1951.11.173
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 40455. 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.