
Simon de Passe, A Gold Engraved Portrait Medal Representing the Infanta Mary of Austria (1606-1646), London, 1616-1620. Gold, 5.6 x 4.4 cm (2.2 x 1.7 in.). Signed Simon Pass: fecit. Lond. Courtesy ENDLICH ANTIQUAIRS at TEFAF Maastricht 2023.
Provenance: With S.J. Phillips, London, shown during Tefaf, Maastricht, March 2001Private collection, Netherlands.
Passe worked in London when an attempt was made to arrange a marriage between the Catholic Infanta Maria (1606 Escorial - Linz 1646), daughter...
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