Hieronymus Wierix

Adam and Eve after Durer

Hieronymus Wierix (1553–1619) was a Flemish engraver and member of the Antwerp Wierix family who made engravings after well-known artists, including Albrecht Dürer.

Biography

Wierix was born and died in Antwerp. According to Cornelis de Bie's book of artist biographies Het Gulden Cabinet he and his brothers Jan and Antoine were all engravers.^[1] His pupils were Abraham van Merlen, Jan Baptist van den Sande the elder, and Jacob de Weert.^[2] His daughter Christina married the engraver Jan-Baptist Barbé, who later had his other daughter Cecilia (his sister-in-law) declared insane in order to claim her inheritance, a set of Dürer drawings.^[2]

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References

↑ Het Gulden Cabinet, p 520
1 2 Hieronymus Wierix in the RKD

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Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 121830958 LCCN: nr96038520 ISNI: 0000 0001 0788 6359 GND: 119314851 SUDOC: 031184162 BNF: cb122448463 (data) BPN: 38779057 ULAN: 500025214 RKD: 84225

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