Print Description
Subject: Christ being baptised by Saint John the Baptist.
Medium: Engraving on hand laid paper (verge) with Amsterdam coat of arms (with beam below) pointing to a later ed. c.1700.
Artists and engravers: By Antonie Wierix after Maerten de Vos.
Source: From ‘Groote Figuer-bijbel’or ‘Theatrum Biblicum’. The Visscher family published these already antique plates from 1639 on.
Biographies: Anthony (or Anton II) Wierix (1555-1604) was a Flemish engraver from the famous and prolific Wierix family of engravers. Maarten de Vos (1532-1603) was an Antwerp painter and draughtsman of the late sixteenth century. His travels to Italy made him adopt the Mannerist style. His designs were very popular and were followed widely.
Ref:
Sheet Size: c. 33.5 x 25 cm.
Image Size: c. 27.5 x 18 cm.
Condition: Please study scan(s) carefully.
Provenance: none.
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