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Artist
Simon van de Passe  (1595–1647)  wikidata:Q14551648
 
Simon van de Passe
Alternative names
Simon de Passe; Simon Passe
Description Dutch artist, engraver, drawer, art dealer, graphic artist and copper engraver
Date of birth/death circa 1595
date QS:P,+1595-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
 6 May 1647 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Cologne Edit this at Wikidata Copenhagen Edit this at Wikidata
Work period from 1612 until 1647
date QS:P,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1612-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1647-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Work location
The Netherlands, England from about 1616 before moving to Copenhagen as royal engraver and designer of medals in 1624, where he remained until his death.
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q14551648
Description
English: Portrait of Pocahontas, wearing a tall hat, and seen at half-length. Around the oval lettering reads: "MATOAKA AĽS REBECCA FILIA POTENTISS: PRINC: POWHATANI IMP: VIRGINIÆ". Below oval "Ætatis suæ 21. Ao / 1616." Below: "Matoaks aľs (alias) Rebecka daughter to the mighty Prince / Powhâtan Emperour of Attanoughkomouck aľs (alias) virginia / converted and baptized in the Christian faith, and / wife to the wor[shipfu]ll Mr. Joh. Ralff." Engraving by the Dutch and British printmaker and sculptor Simon van de Passe. Courtesy of the British Museum, London.
Date dated 1616; print published as early as 1624.[1]
Medium copper engraving print
Source/Photographer

Original source of this reproduction is unknown. A much better reproduction is available as File:Pocahontas by Simon van de Passe.jpg, from the U.S. Library of Congress.

This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division
under the digital ID cph.3a10723.
This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing.

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See also: Pocahontas (after Simon van de Passe - National Portrait Gallery, Washington)
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