Hieronymus Wierix
Hieronymus Wierix: Adam and Eve (after Dürer )
Hieronymus Wierix: The young Christ who carries the instruments of suffering
Hieronymus Wierix also Jeronymus (* 1553 in Antwerp ; † November 21, 1619 there ) was a Flemish engraver , graphic artist and draftsman.
Life
His brothers were Johannes Wierix (also called Jan) and Antoine Wierix , they also worked as engravers. Johannes and Hieronymus made book illustrations for Christopher Plantin . They were members of the Guild of Luke . His daughter Cecila married the engraver Jean-Baptiste Barbé . Among his students were Abraham van Merlen , Jan Baptist van den Sande the Elder , and Jacob de Weert .
Works
Copper engravings by him are among others in the Grunwald Center collection of the Armand Hammer Museum of Art and in the copper engraving cabinet of the art collections of the Veste Coburg .
literature
- Christiane Wiebel, The Wierix Brothers: Graphics in Antwerp between Bruegel and Rubens; (on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name by the Kupferstichkabinett of the Coburg Art Collections, from September 10 to November 25, 1995) , Coburg Art Collections (ed.), 1995 ISBN 3-87472-071-3
- Marie Mauquoy-Hendrickx , Les estampes des Wierix conservées au Cabinet des Estampes de la Bibliothèque Royale Albert I. Catalog raisonné , 4 volumes, (French / English), 1983, Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, ISBN 978-1-5566022-5-2
Web links
Commons : Hieronymus Wierix - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Literature by and about Hieronymus Wierix in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wierix, Hieronymus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jeronimus; Wiericz, Hieronymus; Wierx, Hieronymus; Wiricx, Hieronymus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South Flemish engraver and draftsman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1553 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Antwerp |
| DATE OF DEATH | buried November 21, 1619 |
| Place of death | Antwerp |