Magdalena van de Passe

Magdalena van de Passe was a Dutch engraver and important member of the Van de Passe family of artists from Cologne who were active in the Northern Netherlands. She specialized in landscapes until her marriage to the minor artist Frederick van Bevervoorden in 1634, after which she essentially stopped engraving, even though her husband died in 1636.

Magdalena was born in Cologne, Germany. According to the RKD, she was the daughter of the engraver Crispijn van de Passe, and the sister of Simon, Crispijn II and Willem. She signed her first works at the age of 14, two years younger than her brothers. When she wasor 34, she married the artist Frederick van Bevervoordt, but he died two years later. She taught Anna Maria Schurman engraving.

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