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Portrait of Pocahontas engraved by Simon van de Passe in 1616

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Simon van de Passe: Matoaks als Rebecka daughter to the mighty Prince Powhâtan Emperour of Attanoughkomouck als virginia converted and baptized in the Christian faith, and wife to the worff. Mr: Joh: Rolff   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
Simon van de Passe  (1595–1647)  wikidata:Q14551648
 
Simon van de Passe
Description Dutch artist, engraver, drawer, art dealer, graphic artist and copper engraver
Date of birth/death 1595 Edit this at Wikidata 6 May 1647 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Cologne Edit this at Wikidata Copenhagen Edit this at Wikidata
Work period 1628 Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
Denmark; Utrecht (1612–1615); London (1616–1622); Paris (1623–1623) Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q14551648
Title
Matoaks als Rebecka daughter to the mighty Prince Powhâtan Emperour of Attanoughkomouck als virginia converted and baptized in the Christian faith, and wife to the worff. Mr: Joh: Rolff
Printer
Compton Holland  (–1622) wikidata:Q18810641
 
Date of birth/death 1622 Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q18810641
Genre portrait
Description
English: Engraved portrait of Matoaks or Rebecka, the Native American woman better known as Pocahontas, made in 1616 during her trip in England, where she died shortly after. It is the only known representation of her made during her lifetime.

It is believed that Simon van de Passe (1595-1647), the Dutch engraver, sketched her likeness in an actual sitting, then created the engraving for the Virginia Company to use in their publicity campaign. This is the closest we'll ever get to knowing what Pocahontas looked like. […] The clothes that Pocahontas is wearing in the portrait are meant to show how well integrated she was into English life in order to reassure investors that the natives could be made to adopt English ways.

— Kevin Miller, in: Miller, Kevin (2018). Portraits. Pocahontas Lives!.
Depicted people
Pocahontas  (1596–1617) wikidata:Q193406 q:it:Pocahontas
 
Pocahontas
Alternative names
Matoaka; Amonute; Rebecca Rolfe
Description -British writer
Date of birth/death circa  Edit this at Wikidata March 1617 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Werowocomoco Edit this at Wikidata Gravesend Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q193406
Date 1616
date QS:P571,+1616-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium copper engraving print on paper
Dimensions height: 17.5 cm (6.8 in); width: 12 cm (4.7 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,17.5U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,12U174728
institution QS:P195,Q1967614
Accession number
NPG.77.43
Place of creation England
Inscriptions
  • Name of sitter recto on the frame:
MATOAKA ALS REBECCA FILIA POTENTISS: PRINC: POWHATANI IMP: VIRGINIÆ.
[Matoaka alias Rebecca filia potentissimi principi Powhatani imperatori Virginiæ] [Matoaka alias Rebecca daughter of the very mighty prince Powhatan emperor of Virginia.]
  • Age of sitter recto bottom center:
Ætatis suæ 21.
[At the age of 21.]
  • Date recto bottom center:
Ao 1616.
[Anno 1616] [In the year 1616.]
Matoaks als Rebecka daughter to the mighty Prince Powhâtan Emperour of Attanoughkomouck als virginia converted and baptized in the Christian faith, and wife to the wor.ff M:r Joh: Rolff.
  • Artist's initials recto bottom left:
Si: Paß: sculp:
[Simon Passaeus sculpsit] [Image engraved by Simon van de Passe]
  • Publisher recto bottom right:
Compton Holland excud.
[Compton Holland excudit] [Published by Compton Holland]
Notes This 1616 portrait was probably first issued as a separate print. It is sometimes said to have been published in the original edition of two works, the collection of engraved portraits called Baziliωlogia, A Booke of Kings (1618) and Captain John Smith's Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England and the Summer Isles (1624), but there is evidence that it was part of neither, though it was later manually inserted in some copies of the original editions that exist today.
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Source/Photographer

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

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