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| Keywords: Simon de Passe - Medallion of the Elector Frederick V of the Rhine Palatinate and His Wife and Son - Walters 38217.jpg This exquisite gold medallion is from a series depicting members of the family of King James I of England His daughter Elizabeth and her husband Frederick V of the Rhine Palatinate one of the princely electors of the Holy Roman Empire had their court in Heidelberg Germany The couple had married in 1613 and their son Frederick Hendrick was born in 1614 He is a toddler here so De Passe likely made the medallion around 1616 when he was working in London De Passe was a well-known engraver and he probably used portrait miniatures in opaque watercolor as his models The medallion is designed as a pendant such as Elizabeth herself wears ca 1616 Baroque gold cm 6 7 5 4 accession number 38 217 25682 J P Morgan Abraham Jay Fink Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown A J Fink Foundation Inc Baltimore A-348 Walters Art Museum Gift of the A Jay Fink Foundation Inc in memory of Abraham Jay Fink 1963 World of Wonder The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1971-1972 The Golden Age Dutch Seventeenth Century Portraiture The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Sarasota 1980-1981 Small Northern European Portraits from The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore National Gallery of Art Washington 2000 place of origin London England United Kingdom Walters Art Museum license Baroque art in the Walters Art Museum Simon de Passe Frederick V Elector Palatine Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review 1610s jewellery | ||||
