Description: CHRIST ABOUT TO BE BROUGHT BEFORE PILATE (Christ can be seen far left corner) Original copper plate engraving 1593 by HIERONYMUS WIERIX (Flemish School, 1553-1619) Signed at the bottom, right corner CONDITION/TECHNICAL: Trimmed to near the image line. Otherwise very good. Printed on thin, laid, chainlined paper typical of the late 16th/early 17th centuries. Latin titles and captions. An evenly inked, early example, all of the detail is crisp and clear, with excellent tonal contrast. The item comes from the "Evangelicae Historiae Imagines" of Hieronymus Natalis (Nadal), an important Jesuit Counter-Reformation treatise first published in 1593. Sheet measures 9 inches high x 5.75 inches wide This fine series, which features engravings by Hieronymus Wierix, his brothers Anton and Jan, Karel Van Mallery and Adriaen Collaert features in virtually every Print Museum collection. Your standard library works of reference are Hollstein, Dutch and Flemish...., and Marie Mauquoy-Hendrickx., Les Estampes des Wierix....catalog raisonee (4 vols., Brussels, 1978-83).
Price: 22.5 GBP
Location: Wadhurst
End Time: 2025-01-04T17:11:39.000Z
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Artist: Hieronymus Wierix
Originality: Original
Signed By: Hieronymus Wierix
Size: Small
Signed: Yes
Date of Creation: Antique (Pre-1900)
Material: Paper
Region of Origin: Netherlands
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Subject: Religious
Print Surface: Paper
Colour: Black
Type: Print
Medium: Engraving
Theme: Religious
Style: Old Master
Production Technique: Copper Engraving
Country/Region of Manufacture: Netherlands
Time Period Produced: Pre-1700
