Jerome [Hieronymous] Wierix
Allegory of the Salvation of Mankind (The Four Extremes of Man)
before 1619
Scroll
Jerome [Hieronymous] Wierix
Allegory of the Salvation of Mankind (The Four Extremes of Man)
before 1619
Physical Qualities
Engraving, Sheet: 140 × 95 mm. (5 1/2 × 3 3/4 in.)
Plate: 134 × 92 mm. (5 1/4 × 3 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1946.112.5394
Inscribed: Recto: in iage, upper center, in plate "Memorae NOVISSIMA [...]" with additional inscriptions throughout image around the medallions and in the bands; below image, lower center, in plate "Gens. absque consilio est; & sine rudentia: / Vtinam saperent, et intelligerent, ac Nouissima prouiderent. Deut. 32."; below image, lower left, in plate "Hieronymous Wierix fecit et exud."; below image, lower right, in plate "Cum Gratia et Priuilegio. Buschere." Verso: lower left in graphite diamond with "6460"; lower left in graphite "A1155"; lower right in graphite "[indecipherable] a"
Markings: CM: Franz Josef von Enzenberg (Lugt 845); Claghorn
