Sir Francis Drake
1620
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
1620
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Sir Francis Drake is a 1620 ink by Willem de Passe, a Baroque work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This black-and-white print shows a serious-looking man with a thick beard and curly hair. He’s wearing a fur-lined coat and a ruff collar, holding a rolled-up paper in one hand. The background is plain, but his face is detailed—you can see the wrinkles and the way his gaze is steady. The words around the portrait spell out "Sir Francis Drake," and the Latin text below might be a poem or description. The lines around the oval frame look like they’re made with tiny repeated marks. This is an example of engraving, where the artist carved lines into metal to create the image.
Willem de Passe (1598–1637) was an artist, born in Cologne.
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