Jerome [Hieronymous] Wierix
The Infant Blowing Soap-Bubbles
before 1619
Physical Qualities
Engraving, Mount: 125 × 84 mm. (4 15/16 × 3 5/16 in.)
Sheet: 105 × 70 mm. (4 1/8 × 2 3/4 in.)
Plate: 100 × 65 mm. (3 15/16 × 2 9/16 in.)
Portfolio/Series
From the series "The Life of the Infant"
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1946.112.5373
Inscribed: Recto: below image, lower center, in plate two columns of text in Latin, each three lines, beginning "Dic, o Puer; Homo Bulla [...]"; below image, lower center, in plate "Hieronymus Wierx fecit et excudit. Cum Gratia et Priuilegio. Buschere." Verso of mount: center in graphite diamond with "6435"
Markings: CM: Claghorn (on verso of mount)
Artist
Jerome [Hieronymous] Wierix
Flemish, 1553-1619
Flemish, 1553-1619
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