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Wierix

29 works

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Engraving of armed men negotiating before a fortified town, framed by allegorical figures and a Dutch-French verse caption.

Onderhandelingen met de Duitse commandanten over het vertrek van het garnizoen, 1577

1578

Engraving of workers dismantling fortress bastions while armed men and a drummer march, with allegorical figures and verse be

Het afgraven van de bolwerken door de Antwerpenaren, 1577

1578

Allegorical engraving of Pax and Justitia above a forge melting weapons, with farmers on the left and soldiers on the right.

De kracht van de vrede, 1678

1577

Engraved print of a woman with a rose wreath and halo holding a scepter, with a Latin inscription below.

Maria, met scepter in de hand

1610

Engraving of the Virgin Mary holding the Christ Child beside a kneeling haloed woman, with a rose trellis and town behind.

H. Anna, met Maria en het Christuskind

1550

Engraving of a curly-haired child holding a small cross, rising from a large lily with buds and leaves around him.

Johannes de Doper ontspruit uit een lelie

1550

Engraving of the infant Christ with a halo emerging from a large rose, with leaves and thorny stem below.

Christuskind ontspruit uit een roos

1550

Engraved portrait of Saint Catherine of Siena with a crown of thorns, holding a crucifix and rosary, within a floral border.

H. Catharina van Siena

1595

Engraving of Christ crucified with the Virgin Mary and Saint John beside him, a skull below, and a town in the distance.

Christus aan het kruis

1595

Engraving of the Virgin Mary rising with four angels, a dove above, and an open tomb below a distant landscape.

Hemelvaart van Maria

1595

Engraving of a winged angel standing on a skeleton in an oval frame, flanked by two draped women and a seated woman with cher

Triomf van Religie

1550

Engraving of a winged angel with a halo pointing at a lit three-branched candelabrum, with clouds below.

Engel met kandelaar

1550

Engraving of three men in period dress in a circular frame with allegorical women, cherubs and a verse caption below.

Het verbond tussen Liedekercke, Roeck en Bourse, 1577

1578

Engraving of allegorical figures at a forge turning armour into farm tools, with Pax and Justitia in clouds above.

De macht van de vrede, 1577

1577

Engraved ornamental panel with scrolling foliage framing a central IHS monogram, cross and nails within a sunburst.

Ornament met het monogram van Christus

1594

Engraved ornament with scrolls, flowers and insects framing an oval cartouche bearing the IHS monogram and a cross.

Ornament met bloemen en het monogram van Christus

1594

Engraved ornament with the IHS monogram of Christ in a central roundel, flanked by scrolling foliage and flower vases.

Ornament met het monogram van Christus en bloemen in vazen

1594

Engraved allegory of patience: a nude woman by a tree, a demon with an hourglass, a burning town, ships, and lions below.

Allegorie op het geduld tijdens de periode van oorlog

1577

Engraving of seated Christ with crown of thorns, head in hand, beside a cross, nails, pincers and a hammer.

Christus op de koude steen

1563

Engraving contrasting disobedience and obedience with an open Bible, lion, ox, skeleton and angel, by Wierix, 1579.

Ongehoorzaamheid en Gehoorzaamheid

1579

Engraving of an allegorical tree of the covenant with female figures, coats of arms, winged figures and text panels below.

De Boom van het Verbond, 1578

1578

Circular engraving of soldiers and a crowd in a chaotic street near a city, with ships on a river in the distance.

Paniek onder de Duitse soldaten door de aankomst van enkele schepen van de prins van Oranje, 1577

1578

Engraving of two men meeting before a citadel gate amid soldiers, framed by allegorical women and a verse caption below.

De sleutels van de citadel worden overgedragen aan Liedekercke, 1577

1578

Engraving of an allegorical triumphal chariot of Peace drawn by horses, with fallen figures of Discord, soldiers, and a city

De triomfwagen van de vrede, 1577

1577

Engraving of two Dominican saints in oval medallions with halos, a cloud-borne figure above, and a floral urn between them.

H. Vincentius Ferrerius en H. Petrus Martyr van Verona

1550

Engraving of soldiers fighting at a fortified city gate with a bridge, framed by allegorical figures and a Dutch verse captio

De troepen van Bourse verdrijven de Duitse soldaten van Treslong en Merville uit de citadel, 1577

1578

Engraving of Saint Jerome writing at a desk in a study with a sleeping lion, skull, globe and arched window.

H. Hieronymus

1550

Engraving of crucified Christ above a heart holding Mary, surrounded by Passion instruments and a distant landscape.

Maria, in geopend hart, bij graf van Christus

1610

Engraving of seated Christ with crown of thorns at center, surrounded by oval scenes of the Passion with Latin captions.

Christus als Man van Smarten, te midden van scènes uit de passie

1590

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