Jerome [Hieronymous] Wierix
The Presentation in the Temple
before 1619
Physical Qualities
Engraving, Sheet (trimmed within platemark): 102 × 65 mm. (4 × 2 9/16 in.)
Portfolio/Series
From the series "The Life of the Virgin"
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1946.112.5370
Inscribed: Recto: below image, lower center, in plate two columns of text in Latin, each three lines, beginning "Sancte senex [...]"; below image, lower center, in plate "Hieronymus Wierx fecit et excudit. Cum Gratia et Priuilegio. Piermans." Verso: upper left in graphite diamond with "6432"; center in graphite "422"; lower left in graphite indecipherable; lower left in graphite "[indecipherable] / 25271"; lower right in graphite "69 No 13 2e et"
Markings: CM: Claghorn
