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Jerome (Hieronymus) Wierix
War and Pestillencecirca 1583

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Engraving with dense fine lines depicting collapsed figures in the foreground, a winged creature at center, burning buildings, and armies battling in the distance, with Latin text below

Jerome (Hieronymus) Wierix, Marten de Vos, War and Pestillence, 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
War and Pestillence
Place Made
Flanders
Date Made
circa 1583
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 10 1/4 × 13 in. (26.04 × 33.02 cm) Image: 7 7/8 × 10 1/2 in. (20 × 26.67 cm)
Credit Line
Mary Stansbury Ruiz Bequest
Accession Number
M.88.91.371b
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Mauquoy-Hendrickx, Marie. Les Estampes des Wierix. Brussels: Bibliothèque royale Albert Ier, 1978.