Zeven aartsengelen, Hieronymus Wierix, 1563 - before 1619

Title(s)

Zeven aartsengelen

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1898-A-19822

Catalogue reference

• Hollstein Dutch 1074

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

De zeven aartsengelen, van links naar rechts: Rafaël, Uriël, Gabriël, Michaël, Sealtiël, Jehudiël en Barachiël. Boven hen in de hemel de Drieëenheid, met de symbolen van de vier evangelisten. Aan weerszijden verschillende heiligen, onder wie Maria, Petrus en Paulus en Johannes de Doper, Stefanus. In de marge twee Bijbelcitaten uit Op. 1 en Ps. 137 in het Latijn.

Artist

• print maker: Hieronymus Wierix (mentioned on object)
• publisher: Hieronymus Wierix (mentioned on object)
• publisher: Piermans (mentioned on object)
• unknown (mentioned on object)

Place

Antwerp

Dating

1563 - before 1619

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving

Measurements

height 162 mm × width 110 mm

What

• the seven Archangels
• the Holy Trinity, 'Trinitas coelestis'; Father, Son and Holy Ghost ~ Christian religion
• the four symbols of the evangelists, 'the apocalyptic beasts'
• Mary (without the Christ-child)
• John the Baptist; possible attributes: book, reed cross, baptismal cup, honeycomb, lamb, staff
• the apostle Peter, first bishop of Rome; possible attributes: book, cock, (upturned) cross, (triple) crozier, fish, key, scroll, ship, tiara
• the apostle Paul of Tarsus; possible attributes: book, scroll, sword
• the deacon and (proto)martyr Stephen; possible attributes: censer, stones
• saints

Acquisition

purchase Sep-1898

Copyright

Public domain

• The Wierix family : part V, Marjolein Leesberg, Zsuzsanna van Ruyven-Zeman, Jan Van der Stock, p. 173, cat.nr. 1074