Jupiter, Johannes Wierix, 1609

Jupiter, Johannes Wierix, 1609

engraving, h 57mm × w 36mm More details

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Identification

Title(s)

Jupiter
Ivpiter (title on object)
Goden die op de zeven planeten zetelen (series title)

Object type

Serial number

2/7

Object number

RP-P-OB-67.029

Catalogue reference

Hollstein Dutch 1953

Inscriptions / marks

collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Jupiter in wapenrusting, met een zwaard over zijn schouder.

Creation

Artist

print maker: Johannes Wierix
after own design by: Johannes Wierix (mentioned on object)
publisher: Nicolaes de Clerck

Place

print maker: Antwerp
publisher: Delft

Dating

1579 and/or 1609

Material and Technique

Material

paper

Technique

engraving / letterpress printing

Measurements

height 57 mm × width 36 mm

Explanatory note

Prent gebruikt als illustratie in: Const-toonneel, inhoudende de beschrijvinghe ende XL. Heerlijcke afbeeldindinghen: Onses Heeren Jesu Christi, met sijne apostelen, ende evangelisten, midtsgaders de hooft-deuchden ende ondeuchden. Ende ten laetsten de seven planeten. In coper gesneden door Johannis Wierix. De beschrijvinge is (...). Delft: Nicolaes de Clerck, 1609.

Subject

What

Jupiter (planet)

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

unknown 2012

Copyright

Public domain

Documentation

The Wierix family : part IX, Marjolein Leesberg, Zsuzsanna van Ruyven-Zeman, Jan Van der Stock, p. 103, cat.nr. 1953

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To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.332481

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