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Crispijn de Passe the Elder

Also known as: Crispijn de Passe the Elder; primary name: Passe, Crispijn de; other name: De Passe, Crispin; other name: Van de Passe, Crispin
Details: individual; painter/draughtsman; printmaker; publisher/printer; Flemish; Male
Life dates: 1564-1637
Biography: Draughtsman, engraver and publisher; began his career in Antwerp but by 1589 had fled via Aachen to Cologne; 1611 to Utrecht; father of Simon, Magdalena, Crispin II and Willem.
Bibliography: I.M. Veldman, 'Crispijn de Passe and his Progeny (1564-1670): A Century of print production', Rotterdam 2001. I.M. Veldman, 'Views of a Printmaker: Crispijn de Passe on his Craft', in Images for the eye and soul: Function and Meaning in Netherlandish prints (1450-1650), Leiden, 2006. I.M. Veldman, 'The business of prints and the de Passes' Publishing House', in Images for the eye and soul: Function and Meaning in Netherlandish prints (1450-1650), Leiden, 2006.

1,055 related objects

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.615 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Crispijn de Passe the ElderFormerly attributed to:Francesco Vanni |
Production date: 1579-1637

drawing

Museum number: 1895,0915.1028 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Crispijn de Passe the ElderFormerly attributed to:Aegidius Sadeler II |
Production date: 1620-1630

drawing

Museum number: 1881,0611.175 |
Producer name: BIOG41261 Drawn by:Crispijn de Passe the Elder |
Production date: 1579-1637

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1928,0523.1 |
Producer name: BIOG41261 Drawn by:Crispijn de Passe the Elder |
Production date: 1579-1637

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1946,0718.5 |
Producer name: BIOG41261 Drawn by:Crispijn de Passe the Elder |
Production date: 1579-1637

drawing

Museum number: SL,5227.2 |
Producer name: BIOG41261 Attributed to:Crispijn de Passe the Elder |
Production date: 1579-1637

plaque

Museum number: 1868,0627.5 |
Producer name: Engraved by:Crispijn de Passe the ElderAfter:Maarten de Vos |
Production date: 1585-1600 |
Production place: Made in:Antwerp (city)

plaquette

Museum number: 1915,1216.296 |
Producer name: BIOG41261 After:Crispijn de Passe the Elder |
Production date: 17thC(early) |
Production place: Made in:Germany

plaquette

Museum number: 1915,1216.260 |
Producer name: After:Crispijn de Passe the ElderAfter:Hendrik Goltzius |
Production date: 1501-1625 |
Production place: Made in:Germany

print

Title: Breviary |
Museum number: 1903,0516.10.1-46 |
Producer name: Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the ElderAfter:Maarten de Vos |
Production date: 1588 |
Production place: Published in:Antwerp (city)

print

Museum number: 1863,0509.685 |
Producer name: After:Johann RottenhammerPublished by:Crispijn de Passe the Elder |
Production date: 1580-1637

print

Title: Five Senses |
Museum number: 1922,0410.291 |
Producer name: Published by:Pierre LandryAfter:Crispijn de Passe the Elder |
Production date: 1650-1701

print

Title: Liberalitas The Virtues |
Museum number: 1868,0612.2060 |
Producer name: BIOG41261 Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the Elder |
Production date: 1590-1637

print

Title: Occidens Zephyrus The Four Quarters of the World |
Museum number: 1942,0720.1.15 |
Producer name: Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the ElderAfter:Philips Galle |
Production date: 1590

print

Title: Septentrio Boreas The Four Quarters of the World |
Museum number: 1942,0720.1.16 |
Producer name: Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the ElderAfter:Philips Galle |
Production date: 1590

print

Title: Olfactus The five senses |
Museum number: 1868,0612.2106 |
Producer name: BIOG41261 Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the Elder |
Production date: 1590-1637

print

Title: Christopher Columbus |
Museum number: O,2.200 |
Producer name: BIOG41261 Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the Elder |
Production date: 1590-1637

print

Title: The History of Susanna |
Museum number: 1868,0612.2043 |
Producer name: Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the ElderPublished by:Crispijn de Passe the Elder |
Production date: 1600

print

Title: Seated woman looking in a mirror Hortus Voluptatum |
Museum number: 1873,0712.67 |
Producer name: BIOG41261 Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the Elder |
Production date: 1599

print

Title: The History of Susanna |
Museum number: 1937,0915.292 |
Producer name: Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the ElderPublished by:Crispijn de Passe the Elder |
Production date: 1600

print; album

Title: Hortus Floridus: Altera Pars |
Museum number: 1952,0117.14.182 |
Producer name: Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the ElderAfter:Jacques Le Moyne |
Production date: 1593-1603

print

Title: Sedulitas The Virtues |
Museum number: 1868,0612.2063 |
Producer name: BIOG41261 Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the Elder |
Production date: 1590-1637

print

Title: Sibylla Cumaea The Sibyls |
Museum number: 1875,0710.312 |
Producer name: BIOG41261 Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the Elder |
Production date: 1601

print; album

Title: Sibylla Hellespontica The Sibyls |
Museum number: 1889,0816.4.10 |
Producer name: After:Crispijn de Passe the ElderPrint made by:Thomas de Leu |
Production date: 1601-1612

print

Title: Jophiel Set of archangels |
Museum number: 1868,0612.2025 |
Producer name: BIOG41261 Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the Elder |
Production date: 1590-1637

print

Title: Andrea Doria |
Museum number: O,2.210 |
Producer name: BIOG41261 Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the Elder |
Production date: 1590-1637

print

Title: Andreas Doria Genvensis, Princeps Melphensium, Patriae Libertatis Restitutor |
Museum number: R,7.127 |
Producer name: BIOG41261 Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the Elder |
Production date: 1590-1637

print; album

Title: Hortus Floridus: Altera Pars |
Museum number: 1952,0117.14.175 |
Producer name: Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the ElderAfter:Jacques Le Moyne |
Production date: 1593-1603

print; album

Title: Hortus Floridus: Altera Pars |
Museum number: 1952,0117.14.199 |
Producer name: Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the ElderAfter:Jacques Le Moyne |
Production date: 1593-1603

print; album

Title: Sibylla Cumaea The Sibyls |
Museum number: 1889,0816.4.7 |
Producer name: After:Crispijn de Passe the ElderPrint made by:Thomas de Leu |
Production date: 1601-1612

print

Title: Alexander Nowel ... |
Museum number: O,8.73 |
Producer name: BIOG41261 After:Crispijn de Passe the Elder |
Production date: 1640-1660

print

Title: Patience The Virtues |
Museum number: 1875,0410.175.+ |
Producer name: BIOG41261 Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the Elder |
Production date: 1600

print

Title: Raziel The Archangels |
Museum number: 1868,0612.2030 |
Producer name: BIOG41261 Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the Elder |
Production date: 1590-1637

print

Title: The Four Evangelists |
Museum number: 1849,1027.107 |
Producer name: Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the ElderAfter:Lucas van Leyden |
Production date: 1579-1637

print

Title: The Life and Passion of Christ |
Museum number: Ii,1.3 |
Producer name: Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the ElderAfter:Maarten de Vos |
Production date: 1596

print

Title: Sereniss.a Domina Elisabetha Potentissi. Princ. Jac. D. G. Mag. Britan. Gali. et Hib. Reg. Filia Uni |
Museum number: P,1.27 |
Producer name: BIOG41261 Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the Elder |
Production date: 1610-1619

print

Museum number: 1867,1012.387 |
Producer name: BIOG41261 Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the Elder |
Production date: 1629

print

Title: The Story of Adam and Eve |
Museum number: 1981,U.883 |
Producer name: Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the ElderAfter:Maarten de Vos |
Production date: 1580-1600

print

Title: Opera Misericordiae |
Museum number: 1937,0915.370 |
Producer name: Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the ElderPublished by:Crispijn de Passe the Elder |
Production date: 1608

print; album

Title: Hortus Floridus: Altera Pars |
Museum number: 1952,0117.14.195 |
Producer name: Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the ElderAfter:Jacques Le Moyne |
Production date: 1593-1603

print

Title: The Story of Adam and Eve |
Museum number: 1981,U.885 |
Producer name: Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the ElderAfter:Maarten de Vos |
Production date: 1580-1600

print

Title: The Story of Noah |
Museum number: 1942,0720.1.10 |
Producer name: Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the ElderAfter:Maarten de Vos |
Production date: 1590

print

Title: Antonia Lotharingica |
Museum number: 1877,0210.110 |
Producer name: BIOG41261 Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the Elder |
Production date: 1599

print

Title: The daughter of Jephtah holding triangles Famous Woman |
Museum number: 1868,0612.2095 |
Producer name: BIOG41261 Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the Elder |
Production date: 1590-1637

print

Museum number: 1868,0612.2133 |
Producer name: Print made by:Magdalena de PassePublished by:Crispijn de Passe the Elder |
Production date: 1620-1630

print

Title: Wolfgang William |
Museum number: Bb,14.652 |
Producer name: BIOG41261 Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the Elder |
Production date: 1590-1637

print

Title: Dispar Humilitatis Superbiaeque Finis |
Museum number: 1896,1230.191 |
Producer name: BIOG41261 Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the Elder |
Production date: 1590-1637

print

Title: Anne |
Museum number: O,2.143 |
Producer name: BIOG41261 Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the Elder |
Production date: 1590-1637

print; album

Title: Sibylla Samia The Sibyls |
Museum number: 1889,0816.4.8 |
Producer name: After:Crispijn de Passe the ElderPrint made by:Thomas de Leu |
Production date: 1601-1612

print

Title: Sibylla Cumana The Sibyls |
Museum number: 1875,0710.314 |
Producer name: BIOG41261 Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the Elder |
Production date: 1601

print

Title: Man helping a woman putting on her shoes |
Museum number: 1873,0614.103 |
Producer name: BIOG41261 Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the Elder |
Production date: 1590-1637

print

Title: Sibylla Cumaea The Sibyls |
Museum number: 2007,7003.1 |
Producer name: After:Crispijn de Passe the ElderPublished by:Jacques Granthomme |
Production date: 1601-1609

print

Title: Hortus Voluptatum |
Museum number: 1873,0614.91 |
Producer name: BIOG41261 Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the Elder |
Production date: 1599

print

Title: The Choleric Temperament |
Museum number: 1868,0612.2107 |
Producer name: BIOG41261 Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the Elder |
Production date: 1590-1637

print

Title: Sereniss.a Domina Elisabetha Potentissi. Princ. Jac. D. G. Mag. Britan. Gali. et Hib. Reg. Filia Uni |
Museum number: Bb,8.226 |
Producer name: BIOG41261 Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the Elder |
Production date: 1610-1619

print; album

Title: Hortus Floridus: Altera Pars |
Museum number: 1952,0117.14.208 |
Producer name: Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the ElderAfter:Jacques Le Moyne |
Production date: 1593-1603

print

Title: The Four Seasons |
Museum number: 1870,0625.138 |
Producer name: Print made by:Magdalena de PasseAfter:Crispijn de Passe the Elder |
Production date: 1620-1630

print; album

Title: Hortus Floridus: Altera Pars |
Museum number: 1952,0117.14.213 |
Producer name: Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the ElderAfter:Jacques Le Moyne |
Production date: 1593-1603

print

Museum number: 1951,0407.22 |
Producer name: Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the ElderAfter:Jacopo Bassano |
Production date: 1614

print

Title: Faith, Hope and Charity |
Museum number: 1868,0612.473 |
Producer name: BIOG41261 Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the Elder |
Production date: 1590-1637

print

Title: St Elizabeth Set of eight holy women:Typus octo, Quas Vocant, B |
Museum number: 1875,0710.328 |
Producer name: BIOG41261 Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the Elder |
Production date: 1590-1637

print

Title: titlepage "The Sibyls" The Sibyls |
Museum number: 1875,0710.307 |
Producer name: BIOG41261 Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the Elder |
Production date: 1601

print

Title: Charitas, Patiencia, Spes and Fortitudo |
Museum number: Gg,4K.10 |
Producer name: BIOG41261 Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the Elder |
Production date: 1590-1637

print

Title: The Story of Adam and Eve |
Museum number: 1981,U.884 |
Producer name: Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the ElderAfter:Maarten de Vos |
Production date: 1580-1600

print

Title: The Story of Adam and Eve |
Museum number: 1942,0720.1.4 |
Producer name: Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the ElderAfter:Maarten de Vos |
Production date: 1590

print

Title: Asia The Four Continents |
Museum number: 1868,0612.2110 |
Producer name: BIOG41261 Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the Elder |
Production date: 1590-1637

print

Title: Philip II, King of Spain Effigies Regum ac Principum ... in re nautica |
Museum number: O,2.160 |
Producer name: BIOG41261 Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the Elder |
Production date: 1598

print; album

Title: Hortus Floridus: Altera Pars |
Museum number: 1952,0117.14.178 |
Producer name: Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the ElderAfter:Jacques Le Moyne |
Production date: 1593-1603

print; album

Title: Hortus Floridus: Altera Pars |
Museum number: 1952,0117.14.212 |
Producer name: Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the ElderAfter:Jacques Le Moyne |
Production date: 1593-1603

print

Title: Adolescentia The Ages of man |
Museum number: 1873,0712.63 |
Producer name: BIOG41261 Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the Elder |
Production date: 1590-1637

print

Title: Four Landscapes with scenes from the story of Elijah |
Museum number: 1868,0612.2134 |
Producer name: Print made by:Magdalena de PasseAfter:Adam Willaerts |
Production date: 1620-1630

print

Title: The Story of Noah |
Museum number: 1981,U.889 |
Producer name: Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the ElderAfter:Maarten de Vos |
Production date: 1580-1600

print

Title: Ernest von Mansfeld |
Museum number: R,7.152 |
Producer name: BIOG41261 Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the Elder |
Production date: 1590-1637

print

Title: Infantia The Ages of man |
Museum number: 1873,0712.61 |
Producer name: BIOG41261 Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the Elder |
Production date: 1590-1637

print

Title: The Story of Noah |
Museum number: 1942,0720.1.9 |
Producer name: Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the ElderAfter:Maarten de Vos |
Production date: 1590

print; album

Title: Hortus Floridus: Altera Pars |
Museum number: 1952,0117.14.188 |
Producer name: Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the ElderAfter:Jacques Le Moyne |
Production date: 1593-1603

print

Title: Fides The Seven Virtues |
Museum number: Gg,4I.41.1 |
Producer name: BIOG41261 Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the Elder |
Production date: 1590-1637

print

Title: The Story of Jonah |
Museum number: 1942,0720.1.11 |
Producer name: Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the ElderAfter:Maarten de Vos |
Production date: 1590

print

Title: The Story of Adam and Eve |
Museum number: 1942,0720.1.6 |
Producer name: Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the ElderAfter:Maarten de Vos |
Production date: 1590

print

Title: Sibille of Austria |
Museum number: O,2.142 |
Producer name: BIOG41261 Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the Elder |
Production date: 1598

print

Museum number: 1863,0509.716 |
Producer name: Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the ElderAfter:Maarten de Vos |
Production date: 1606

print

Title: Opera Misericordiae |
Museum number: 1937,0915.371 |
Producer name: Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the ElderPublished by:Crispijn de Passe the Elder |
Production date: 1608

print; book-illustration

Title: Anne of England |
Museum number: O,8.177 |
Producer name: BIOG41261 Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the Elder |
Production date: 1604

print

Title: The Story of Noah |
Museum number: 1981,U.901 |
Producer name: Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the ElderAfter:Maarten de Vos |
Production date: 1580-1600

print

Museum number: E,2.420 |
Producer name: Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the ElderAfter:Albrecht Dürer |
Production date: 1606

print

Title: Charity Faith, Hope and Charity |
Museum number: 1868,0612.475 |
Producer name: BIOG41261 Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the Elder |
Production date: 1590-1637

print

Title: Christian IV, King of Denmark |
Museum number: 1848,0911.681 |
Producer name: BIOG41261 Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the Elder |
Production date: 1595

print

Title: St Barbara Set of eight holy women:Typus octo, Quas Vocant, B |
Museum number: 1875,0710.325 |
Producer name: BIOG41261 Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the Elder |
Production date: 1590-1637

print

Title: Mr Thomas Candish |
Museum number: 1853,0112.1896 |
Producer name: BIOG41261 After:Crispijn de Passe the Elder |
Production date: late 18th century

print

Title: Amerigo Vespucci |
Museum number: O,2.195 |
Producer name: BIOG41261 Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the Elder |
Production date: 1590-1637

print

Title: The Sibyls |
Museum number: 1896,1230.190 |
Producer name: BIOG41261 Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the Elder |
Production date: 1601

print

Title: Princeps Christianus Dux Brunsuicensis |
Museum number: 1930,0414.171 |
Producer name: Print made by:Simon van de PasseAfter:Paulus Moreelse |
Production date: 1622

print

Title: Ambrosius Spinola |
Museum number: 1875,0710.1516 |
Producer name: BIOG41261 Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the Elder |
Production date: 1590-1637

print

Title: James I, King of England |
Museum number: 1868,0822.856 |
Producer name: BIOG41261 Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the Elder |
Production date: 1604

print

Title: Lady and a gentleman seated in a garden Hortus Voluptatum |
Museum number: 1873,0614.85 |
Producer name: BIOG41261 Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the Elder |
Production date: 1599

print

Title: Senectus The Ages of man |
Museum number: 1873,0712.65 |
Producer name: BIOG41261 Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the Elder |
Production date: 1590-1637

print; album

Title: Sibylla Erythraea The Sibyls |
Museum number: 1889,0816.4.6 |
Producer name: After:Crispijn de Passe the ElderPrint made by:Thomas de Leu |
Production date: 1601-1612

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