Jerome [Hieronymous] Wierix and Jan van der Straet
Head of the Virgin Surrounded by Angels
1574-1611
Scroll
- Artist: Jerome [Hieronymous] Wierix
- Artist: Jan van der Straet
Head of the Virgin Surrounded by Angels
1574-1611
Physical Qualities
Engraving, Sheet: 193 × 137 mm. (7 5/8 × 5 3/8 in.)
Plate (octagonal): 190 × 136 mm. (7 1/2 × 5 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1946.112.5359
One from the series "Salvator Mundi and the Virgin" (H. 562 - 563; two companion pieces). Printed from an octagonal plate.
Inscribed: Recto: in image, upper center, in plate four lines of text in Latin, beginning "EGO DI: / LECTIO MEO [...]"; in image, lower center, in plate six lines of text in Latin, beginning "Vis ne cognoscere [...]"; below image, lower margin, in plate "Ioan. Stradan inven. Hiero. Wierix scalp. Phls Galle excud." Verso: lower left in graphite diamond with "6417"
Markings: CM: Claghorn WM: indecipherable (hand with star and crescent above?)
