Crispijn van de Passe the Younger

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 also portrayed Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange and other prominent members of Dutch society, such as Gerardus Vossius, Johan van Oldenbarnevelt and Piet Hein.

Van de Passe's own Hortus Floridus, published in 1614—1616, was a collection of 160 engravings depicting flowering plants.

[2] His Les vrais pourtraits de quelques unes des plus grandes dames da la chrestiente (1640)[note 1] contained two verses dedicated to his sister, the engraver Magdalena van de Passe, who had died two years earlier.

Van de Passe found little success as an engraver in Amsterdam and died in poverty.

Backgammon players , first half of the 17th century. Amsterdam University Library
Illustration of a narcissus from the Hortus Floridus , published in 1614—1616
Sinne-beeld, tot ’s vaderlands welvaert , 1665. Caricature by Van de Passe showing William III of Orange as the saviour of the fatherland. The Dutch Maiden lies sick in bed. After the original print was banned from publication in 1665, Van de Passe created a new version. Rijksmuseum