Magdalena van de Passe (1600–1638) was a Dutch engraver and member of the Van de Passe family of artists from

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who were active in the Northern Netherlands. She specialized in landscapes and portraits, and trained the polymath

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in engraving, one of the few known early examples of the training of one woman artist by another.

Biography

Magdalena was born in

, Germany. She was the daughter of the engraver

Crispijn van de Passe Crispijn van de Passe the Elder, or de Passe (c. 1564, Arnemuiden – buried 6 March 1637, Utrecht) was a Dutch publisher and engraver and founder of a dynasty of engravers comparable to the Wierix family and the Sadelers, though mostly at a ...

, and the sister of Simon, Crispijn II, Willem, and Martha.Magdalena van de Passe
in the

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She signed her first works at the age of 14, two years younger than her brothers.Magdalena van de Passe
at

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When she was 33 or 34, she married the artist Frederick van Bevervoordt , but he died two years later. After his death she returned to live with her father. It is unknown whether she continued to work as an engraver after this point. She taught

engraving. Like her siblings, she assisted her father with his engraving projects. She is known for landscapes and portraits, but also collaborated with her brother Willem on 65 engravings for Henry Holland's ''Heroologia Anglica'', published in 1620. She helped her father with an illustration to

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's translation of

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's Metamorphoses, but this major project was never completed. File:Jane Grey engraving van der Passe with caption.gif, Lady

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from the Heroologia File:Pygmalion (Passe).jpg,

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File:Magdalena van de Passe - The Sacrifice of Abraham.jpg, The Sacrifice of Abraham She was friends with the painter

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, who wrote a poem dedicated to her, as did the family friend Arnold Buchelius. She was granted a patent from the States General for the manufacture of sleeping caps printed with engravings of popular figures. Though these seem to have been quite popular, none survive today. She died in

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References

External links

Magdalena van de Passe
on

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*Digitized Copy of Heroologia Anglica: https://archive.org/details/gri_33125009486511 {{DEFAULTSORT:Passe, Magdalena van de 1600 births 1638 deaths German engravers Artists from Cologne Dutch women artists Glass engravers Women engravers 17th-century women artists 17th-century engravers Dutch glass artists German glass artists