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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 (

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Artist



Description	Dutch artist, engraver, draftsperson, art dealer, graphic artist and copper engraver
Date of birth/death	1595	6 May 1647
Location of birth/death	Cologne	Copenhagen
Work period	1628
Work location	Denmark; Utrecht (1612–1615); London (1616–1622); Paris (1623–1623)
Authority file	: Q14551648 VIAF: 95750091 ISNI: 0000000081309245 ULAN: 500011344 LCCN: n85114975 Oxford Dict.: 21504 WorldCat

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 wor^ff. M^r: Joh: Rolff

Printer

Compton Holland (–1622)
Date of birth/death		1622
Authority file	: Q18810641 VIAF: 6045173911328120200001 Oxford Dict.: 64982 GND: 1353847187

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!.

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Alternative names	Matoaka; Amonute; Rebecca Rolfe
Description	-British writer
Date of birth/death	circa 1596	March 1617
Location of birth/death	Werowocomoco	Gravesend
Authority file	: Q193406 VIAF: 84103596 ISNI: 0000000099934153 LCCN: n82158405 Oxford Dict.: 22418 GND: 119006456 WorldCat

Date

1616

Medium

copper engraving print on paper

Dimensions

height: 17.5 cm (6.8 in); width: 12 cm (4.7 in)

Collection

National Portrait Gallery

	Native name	National Portrait Gallery, Washington
	Parent institution	Smithsonian Institution
	Location	Washington, D.C.
	Coordinates	38° 53′ 52″ N, 77° 01′ 23″ W
	Established	1968
	Website	www.npg.si.edu
	Authority file	: Q1967614 VIAF: 149534865 ISNI: 0000000121822407 LCCN: n79054427 GND: 1022499-3 SELIBR: 242072 WorldCat

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:

A^o 1616.

[Anno 1616] [In the year 1616.]

Caption recto bottom:

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.

References

Miller, Kevin (2018). Portraits. Pocahontas Lives!.
Ganteaume, Cécile R. (2017-04-03). Marking the 400th Anniversary of Pocahontas's Death. The National Museum of the American Indian blog.
Levis, Howard Coppuck (1913) Baziliωlogia, A Booke of Kings: Notes on a rare series of engraved English royal portraits from William the Conqueror to James I, published under the above title in 1618, New York City: The Grolier Club, p. 104−106, 111, 158, 170
Arber, Edward, ed. (1910) Travels and Works of Captain John Smith, President of Virginia, and Admiral of New England (1580-1631), 1, Edinburgh: John Grant, p. cxxxi

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National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

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