Print Description
“Baptism of Christ” Christ is baptized by John the Baptist and the Holy Spirit descends upon him like a dove. Two angels look on to the right. Below the scene is a reference in Latin to the Bible text in Mat. 3:13. This print is part of an album.
Made by Antonie Wierix (II) after Maerten de Vos .
Medium: Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 27.7 x 18.2 cm (10.91 x 7.17 inch).
Condition: very good, given age. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
BAPTISM CHRIST-SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST | PCO-E17-1
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
“Van het Doopsel en Bekooringh Christi, Gebeurtenissen uit het leven van Johannes de Doper en Christus, Den Grooten Figuer-Bibel (…)” or “Theatrum Biblicum”
Publisher: Jan Philipsz Schabaelje in Amsterdam.
Reference: Mielke 46; Hollstein Dutch 144-3(3) (Note: Wierix); Hollstein Dutch 271-3(3) (Note: Maarten de Vos).
Biography engraver: Anthony (or Anton II) Wierix (1555-1604) was a Flemish engraver from the famous and prolific Wierix family of engravers, active in Antwerp.
Biography artist: Maerten de Vos, Maerten de Vos the Elder or Marten de Vos (1532-1603) was a Flemish painter. He is known mainly for his history and allegorical paintings and portraits. He was, together with the brothers Ambrosius Francken I and Frans Francken I, one of the leading history painters in the Spanish Netherlands after Frans Floris career slumped in the second half of the sixteenth century as a result of the Iconoclastic fury of the Beeldenstorm.
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