Isabella Clara Eugenie of Spain, Archduchess of Austria

Antonie Wierix

Associated Names
Anton Wierix II

Artist, Flemish, c. 1555/1559 - 1604

The image shows a portrait of a woman within an ornate oval frame. She has a topknot hairstyle with a decorative plume and a ruffled collar. The frame includes various figures and motifs, such as seated women, a putto with a bird, and animals and floral designs. Latin inscriptions surround the frame, with elegant scrollwork in the lower section.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 13.6 × 9.2 cm (5 3/8 × 3 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1950.14.698

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 2042, State iii/iii

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-, no. 2042, state iii/iii.

Wikidata ID

Q65218978

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