The Venerable Alphonsus Rodriguez

Antonie Wierix

Associated Names
Anton Wierix II

Artist, Flemish, c. 1555/1559 - 1604

The image is a drawn portrait of a man depicted from the waist up. The man is positioned facing slightly to the left, with his hands clasped together in front of him, holding a rosary. His facial features are solemn, with a prominent forehead, deep-set eyes looking upward, and a closely cut beard. The man has a bald head with a fringe of hair on the sides and back. He is wearing a high-collared, dark robe. The background is a textured pattern.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 13 × 9.2 cm (5 1/8 × 3 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1950.14.1042

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, undescribed

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

W. B. Dukes [d. 1942], London, (L.2757a); (Sotheby, London, sale July 8, 1942, no. 112); Hermann Marx [d. 1948], Surrey, (L.2816a); (Sotheby, London, sale May 24, 1948, no. 165); Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891 - 1979], Philadelphia, (L.1932d); gift to NGA, 1950.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1866

  • Alvin, Louis. Catalogue raisonne de l'oeuvre des trois freres Wierix. Brussels: T.J.I. Arnold, 1866.

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (The Wierix family, Zsuzsanna van Ruyven-Zeman and Harriet Stroomberg, authors). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, undescribed.

Wikidata ID

Q65218980

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