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Jerome (Hieronymus) Wierix
Persecution of the Christianscirca 1583

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Engraving with dense hatching showing chained prisoners presented before an enthroned crowned ruler, with a burning Gothic building and crowd in the distance; Latin text along the bottom

Jerome (Hieronymus) Wierix, Marten de Vos, Persecution of the Christians, circa 1583, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Mary Stansbury Ruiz Bequest, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Jerome (Hieronymus) Wierix
Flanders, Antwerp, 1553-1619
After
Marten de Vos
Flanders, Antwerp, 1532-1603
Title
Persecution of the Christians
Place Made
Flanders
Date Made
circa 1583
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 10 1/4 × 13 in. (26.04 × 33.02 cm) Image: 8 1/4 × 10 3/8 in. (20.96 × 26.35 cm)
Credit Line
Mary Stansbury Ruiz Bequest
Accession Number
M.88.91.371c
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Mauquoy-Hendrickx, Marie. Les Estampes des Wierix. Brussels: Bibliothèque royale Albert Ier, 1978.