Crispijn de Passe II. Crispijn de Passe, also known as Crispijn de Passe the Younger or Crispijn de Passe, was a Dutch Golden Age engraver, draughtsman and publisher of prints.
He was a member of the large printmaking Van de Passe family, son of the engraver and print publisher Crispijn van de Passe the Elder. Originally close to his father in artistic style, he began to develop a remarkably fine, sketch-like use of the burin in the 1620s.
He produced portraits of a number of prominent European royals and nobles, including the French royal couple Louis XIII of France and Marie de' Medici. He also portrayed Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange and other prominent members of Dutch society, such as Gerardus Vossius, Johan van Oldenbarnevelt and Piet Hein.
In addition to portraits, he produced engravings of Biblical and historical themes and book illustrations. He created 60 engravings for an influential work on dressage, Maneige royal by Antoine de Pluvinel, later published under the title L'Instruction du Roy en l'exercice de monter à cheval.
Van de Passe's own Hortus Floridus, published in 1614, 1616, was a collection of 160 engravings depicting flowering plants. The work was so popular that the original Latin edition was translated into Dutch, French and English. His Les vrais pourtraits de quelques unes des plus grandes dames da la chrestiente contained two verses dedicated to his sister, the engraver
He was a member of the large printmaking Van de Passe family, son of the engraver and print publisher Crispijn van de Passe the Elder. Originally close to his father in artistic style, he began to develop a remarkably fine, sketch-like use of the burin in the 1620s.
He produced portraits of a number of prominent European royals and nobles, including the French royal couple Louis XIII of France and Marie de' Medici. He also portrayed Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange and other prominent members of Dutch society, such as Gerardus Vossius, Johan van Oldenbarnevelt and Piet Hein.
In addition to portraits, he produced engravings of Biblical and historical themes and book illustrations. He created 60 engravings for an influential work on dressage, Maneige royal by Antoine de Pluvinel, later published under the title L'Instruction du Roy en l'exercice de monter à cheval.
Van de Passe's own Hortus Floridus, published in 1614, 1616, was a collection of 160 engravings depicting flowering plants. The work was so popular that the original Latin edition was translated into Dutch, French and English. His Les vrais pourtraits de quelques unes des plus grandes dames da la chrestiente contained two verses dedicated to his sister, the engraver
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