Print Description
A terrace with a family at a table, a mother nursing her child. In the background, people are executed by various methods. Depicts the Ionic order symbolizing ages 32 to 48.
Made by Johannes Wierix after Hans Vredeman de Vries.
Medium: Engraving on hand-laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 27.4 x 21 cm (10.79 x 8.27 inch). Image size: 27.4 x 21 cm. (10.79 x 8.27 inch).
Condition: excellent, given age. A few small wormholes in bottom margin, backed. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
WIERIX, VREDEMAN DE VRIES, IONIC ORDER, FAMILY, EXECUTIONS, AGES OF MAN, RENAISSANCE, ENGRAVING, ALLEGORY. | EXPO-423
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Published by Peeter Baltens in Antwerp as part of “Theatrum Vit? Human?” series, 1577.
Reference: Hollstein Dutch 1990, Hollstein Dutch 438.
Biography engraver: Johannes Wierix (1549-1618), an Antwerp-based engraver renowned for his detailed works often depicting religious and allegorical themes. Part of the prolific Wierix family of engravers.
Biography artist: Hans Vredeman de Vries (1527-1606), a Dutch Renaissance artist, architect, and theorist, whose works influenced architectural designs and ornamentation in Europe.
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