Jerome [Hieronymous] Wierix
The Marriage of Saint Pulcheria
1572-1618
Scroll
Jerome [Hieronymous] Wierix
The Marriage of Saint Pulcheria
1572-1618
Physical Qualities
Engraving, Mount: 101 × 68 mm. (4 × 2 11/16 in.)
Sheet: 96 × 59 mm. (3 3/4 × 2 5/16 in.)
Plate: 92 × 54 mm. (3 5/8 × 2 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1946.112.5387
One from the series "The Mirror of Virginity" (title and six plates illustrating the lives of the Virgin Mary and other female virgin saints).
Inscribed: Recto: above image, upper center, in plate "VIRGO CONIVGATA."; below image, lower center, in plate four lines of text in Latin beginning "S. PVLHERIA. / Tempus breue [...]"; below image and title, lower center, in plate "Hieronymus Wierx fecit et excud. Cum Gratia et Priuilegio. Buschere." Verso of mount: lower center in graphite diamond with "6449"; lower center in graphite "ALV. 1324"
Markings: CM: Claghorn (on verso of mount)
