Orpheus en de dieren, Johannes Wierix, 1615

Title(s)

Orpheus en de dieren

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-2014-66-3

Catalogue reference

• Hollstein Dutch 1898

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228
• collector's mark: Lugt 2760

Artist

• print maker: Johannes Wierix (mentioned on object)
• after own design by: Johannes Wierix (mentioned on object)
• publisher: Johannes Wierix (mentioned on object)
• unknown (mentioned on object)

Place

print maker: Antwerp
after own design by: Antwerp
publisher: Antwerp
Southern Netherlands

Dating

1615

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving

Measurements

height 120 mm × width 177 mm
height 132 mm × width 188 mm

What

• Orpheus playing the lyre: trees and rocks move, beasts and birds are enchanted

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the F.G. Waller-Fonds

Acquisition

purchase 18-Sep-2014

Copyright

Public domain

• The Wierix family : part IX, Marjolein Leesberg, Zsuzsanna van Ruyven-Zeman, Jan Van der Stock, p. 7, cat.nr. 1898