Name: Antique Master Print-PORTRAIT-GENOVEVA-FRANCE-PATRON SAINT PARIS-Wierix-c.1650
SKU: RB-1986
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Antique Master Print-PORTRAIT-GENOVEVA-FRANCE-PATRON SAINT PARIS-Wierix-c.1650

€145.00

‘”S. GENOVEVA”‘

– This print shows a view on a portrait of St Genoveva of Paris, the patron saint of the city of Paris.

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Description

This print shows a view on a portrait of St Genoveva of Paris, the patron saint of the city of Paris.

Made by Hieronymus Wierix after Maerten de Vos.

Medium: Engraving on hand laid (vergé) paper.

Sheet size: 18.5 x 26 cm (7.28 x 10.24 inch). Image size: 13 x 17.5 cm. (5.12 x 6.89 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Remains of paper tape on reverse. Creases. Stains.Brownish edges. Stain. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

PORTRAIT-GENOVEVA-PARIS-FRANCE-PATRON SAINT PARIS-RELIGION | RBOS-A11-11

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

This attractive print was published by Peter Firens (1604-1671) French publisher/printer; printmaker. Ca 1650.

Biography engraver: Hieronymus Wierix (1553-1619), one of the three brothers, all engravers. Active in Antwerp.

Biography artist: Maarten de Vos (1532-1603), Antwerp-born painter and designer, prolific draftsman for religious series, whose work influenced a generation of Northern printmakers.